obtrude
/əbˈtɹuːd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "By which we may see, that they who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude."
- "It was unusual with Margaret to obtrude her own subject of conversation on others; but, in this case, she was so anxious to prevent Mr. Thornton from feeling annoyance at the words he had accidentally overheard, that it was not until she had done speaking that she coloured all over with consciousness […]"
- "The prospect of people writing PhD theses that obtrude hard facts into the question of whether it's a) grim or b) nice up north is naturally worrying to all those of us who like to shout about those matters in the saloon bars of England."
- "How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them!"
- "Sometimes I dreamed strangely of disturbed earth, and of hair, still golden and living, obtruded through the coffin-chinks."
- "Occasionally the thought obtruded itself that possibly at some later day Tarzan would regret his magnanimity, and claim his rights."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *trewd-, obtrūdō
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /əbˈtɹuːd/