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What (who) is Obtrude - definition
obtrude
(obtrudes, obtruding, obtruded)
When something obtrudes or when you obtrude it, it becomes noticeable in an undesirable way. (LITERARY)
A 40 watt bulb would be quite sufficient and would not obtrude...
Gertrude now clearly felt that she had obtruded her sorrow...
He didn't want to obtrude on her privacy.
VERB: V, V n, V on n
Obtrude
·vt To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.
II. Obtrude ·vi To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to Intrude.
III. Obtrude ·vt To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.
obtrude
v. (formal) (d; intr.) ('to intrude') to obtrude on, upon
Examples of use of Obtrude
1. The airy wheels that rest on the skeleton scaffolding and the high pit banks around the shaft do not obtrude upon the sight as elsewhere.
2. To be polite, considerate, controlled, to sink one‘s egotism, to conceal rather than to obtrude one‘s personality may profit the writer even as they profit the man of fashion." Miller‘s own writing style exemplifies the virtues of conversation.
3. Any second now, a confrontation will erupt between the state comptroller, Zeleha‘s spiritual mentor, and the attorney general, who is backing the government; any moment now, the battle will obtrude on the High Court of Justice and force it into another public dispute rife with personal scores, which involve the High Court itself; any day now, Zevulun Orlev, who chairs the State Control Committee, will organize for himself another colorful variety show at the Knesset, starring Zelekha this time.