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Synonyms & Antonyms of intruding
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- a relentlessly intruding child who likes to interrupt adult conversations simply to get attention
Synonyms for intruding
- busy,
- interfering,
- intrusive,
- meddlesome,
- meddling,
- nosy
- (or nosey),
- obtrusive,
- officious,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- protrusive,
- prying,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- snoopy
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of intruding (Entry 2 of 2)
- forgive me for intruding, but I think I know where that restaurant is
Synonyms for intruding
- breaking in,
- chiming in,
- chipping in
- [chiefly British],
- cutting in,
- interposing,
- interrupting
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- the story of a would-be matchmaker who intrudes into the lives of her friends
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“Intruding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intruding. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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