obtrude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb push to thrust outward
    push out; thrust out.
  2. verb thrust oneself in as if by force
    intrude.
    • The colors don't intrude on the viewer

WordNet

Ob*trude" transitive verb
Etymology
L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Obtruded, present participle & verbal noun Obtruding
Definitions
  1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.
    The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. Lock.
  2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. Milton.
Ob*trude" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude. Syn. -- To Obtrude, Intrude. To intrude is to thrust one's self into a place, society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to obtrude is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon persons with whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such boldness.

Webster 1913