Associations to the word «Obtrude»

Wiktionary

OBTRUDE, verb. (transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area. [from 16th c.]
OBTRUDE, verb. (intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into). [from 16th c.]
OBTRUDE, verb. (reflexive) To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in. [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

OBTRUDE, verb. Push to thrust outward.
OBTRUDE, verb. Thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King