obtrusive

adj

Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi From Latin obtrūsus + English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of’, forming adjectives). Obtrūsus is the perfect passive participle of obtrūdō, a variant of obstrūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust against or into”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + trūdō (“to push, shove, or thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push; to thrust”)).

1. Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.

   “The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.”

   “Her vertue and the conſcience of her worth, / That would be woo'd, and not unfought be won, / Not obvious, not obtruſive, but retir'd, / The more deſirable, […]”

2. Of a thing: noticeable or prominent, especially in a displeasing way.

   “He has an obtrusive forehead.”

   “Thus it was that, year by year, Boss McGinty's diamond pins became more obtrusive, his gold chains more weighty across a more gorgeous vest, and his saloon stretched farther and farther, until it threatened to absorb one whole side of the Market Square.”

3. Protruding or sticking out, especially in a way that obstructs.

   “The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.”