The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]
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To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company; to obtrude one's opinion on another.
The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no.
--Lock. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
n. An obtrusion; the act of something that obtrudes. vb. (present participle of obtrude English)
Usage examples of "obtruding".
I have not chosen to exercise very many of these, but I will tell you now that I shall allow you neither to entangle yourself in an engagement, nor to embarrass my affianced wife by obtruding yourself upon her.
They were alluring pictures, but through them all the brawny, half-naked figure of the giant Adonis of the jungle persisted in obtruding itself.
Then, firmly regarding one of these acting apparitions, I said: ``There is no death,'' as though to resist this obtruding horror.