intrusive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧tru‧sive
Adjective
intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)
- Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
- (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- (linguistics) epenthetic
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
tending to intrude
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forced between layers of rocks
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Noun
intrusive (plural intrusives)
References
- “intrusive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “intrusive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
German
Adjective
intrusive
- inflection of intrusiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
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