obtrude

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb push to thrust outward
  2. verb thrust oneself in as if by force

Etymology

From Latin obtrūdō (“thrust off or against”), from ob- (“ob-”) + trūdō (“thrust”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

push out, thrust out

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