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Word | Officious |
Portuguese Meaning | oficioso, semi-oficial, importuno |
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; an interfering old woman; bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself; busy about other people's business / overly eager to serve or to advise, usually in a bossy way / Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. / troublesome in trying to serve, intermeddling / meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services / assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters. / used to describe an annoying person who tries to tell other people what to do in a way that is not wanted or needed, | |
Usage | ⇒ After her long flight, Jill just wanted to nap, but the officious bellboy was intent on showing her all the special features of the deluxe suite. ⇒ an officious little man who was always telling everyone else how to do their jobs ⇒ a policeman came to move them on, an officious, spiteful man |
Synonyms | meddlesome, intrusive, interfering, obtrusive, meddling, pushy, busy, forward, impertinent, nosy, forceful, busybodied, dictatorial, importunate, presumptuous, bossy, busybody, domineering, inquisitive, overbearing, |
Antonyms | unintrusive, modest, idle, retiring, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusive, accommodating, accredited, approved, artless, ascribed, attributed, austere, certified, chaste, cheap, coy, credited, |
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