ADJECTIVE | all | officious, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
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Meaning | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. | |
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Example | "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself" | |
Synonyms | interfering, meddlesome, meddling, busy, busybodied | |
Broader | intrusive | tending to intrude (especially upon privacy) |
Spanish | curioso, entremetido, entrometido, inoportuno, oficioso | |
Catalan | curiós, oficiós, tafaner | |
Nouns | officiousness | aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding |
Adverbs | officiously | in an officious manner |
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