intrusive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
    • she felt her presence there was intrusive
  2. adjective of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
  3. adjective thrusting inward
    • an intrusive arm of the sea

WordNet


In*tru"sive adjective
Definitions
  1. Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome. e.g. dikes, igneous rock injected into a fissure -- In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.

Webster 1913