Intrusive

  • 11intrusive — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairl …

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  • 12intrusive — in|tru|sive [ ın trusıv ] adjective 1. ) interrupting a peaceful situation: intrusive noise/lights/tourists 2. ) becoming involved in something in a way that is not welcome: I found their question quite intrusive. intrusive press photographers …

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  • 13intrusive — [[t]ɪntru͟ːsɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is intrusive disturbs your mood or your life in a way you do not like. The cameras were not an intrusive presence... Staff are courteous but never intrusive …

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  • 14intrusive — UK [ɪnˈtruːsɪv] / US [ɪnˈtrusɪv] adjective 1) interrupting a peaceful situation intrusive noise/lights/tourists 2) becoming involved in something in a way that is not welcome I found their question quite intrusive. intrusive press photographers …

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  • 15intrusive — intrusively, adv. intrusiveness, n. /in trooh siv/, adj. 1. tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love. 2. characterized by or involving intrusion. 3. intruding; thrusting in. 4. Geol. a.… …

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  • 16intrusive — 1. adjective a) Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome. Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive? b) …

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  • 17intrusive — ● intrusif, intrusive adjectif (de intrusion) Se dit de roches (filons magmatiques, roches salines) qui remontent en traversant des formations préexistantes …

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  • 18intrusive — in|tru|sive [ınˈtru:sıv] adj affecting someone s private life or interrupting them in an unwanted and annoying way ▪ They found the television cameras too intrusive …

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  • 19intrusive — adjective affecting someone s private life or interrupting them in an unwanted and annoying way: They found the television cameras too intrusive …

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  • 20intrusive — adjective an intrusive journalist Syn: intruding, invasive, obtrusive, unwelcome, pushy; meddlesome, prying, impertinent, interfering; informal nosy, snoopy See note at impertinent …

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