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intrusive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

Meanings

  1. 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?
  2. Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
  3. epenthetic
  4. Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
    • an intrusive linked list

Forms

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more intrusive Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most intrusive Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

unintrusive

Deriveds

intrusive thought · intrusiveness · intrusive r · nonintrusive · intrusively

Synonyms

interrupting · uninvited · unwelcome · disturbing

Translations (30)

fi tunkeileva (tending to intrude) · de aufdringlich (tending to intrude) · he התערב (tending to intrude) · ru вторга́ющийся (tending to intrude) · es intrusista (tending to intrude) · sh ometajući (tending to intrude) · mk на́паден (tending to intrude) · de intrusiv (forced between layers of rocks) · ru навя́зчивый (tending to intrude) · ru интрузи́вный (forced between layers of rocks) · es zampón (tending to intrude) · pl natrętny (tending to intrude) · sh nametljiv (tending to intrude) · nl intrusief (tending to intrude) · sh intrudiran (forced between layers of rocks) · fi tungetteleva (tending to intrude) · ca intrús (tending to intrude) · ru назо́йливый (tending to intrude) · tr rahatsız edici (tending to intrude) · es intruso (tending to intrude) · fr intrusif (tending to intrude) · mk на́метлив (tending to intrude) · mi rāroto (forced between layers of rocks) · ca intrusiu (forced between layers of rocks) · pt intrusivo (tending to intrude) · es intrusivo (tending to intrude) · bg натрапчив (tending to intrude) · fi intrusiivinen (forced between layers of rocks) · mk на́траплив (tending to intrude) · sh intruzivan (tending to intrude)

intrusive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

Meanings

  1. An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

Forms

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intrusives Number=Plur lexicographic