obtruding

verb

present participle of obtrude
as in interfering
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern please stop obtruding in your brother's affairs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtruding
  1. interfering
  2. messing
  3. poking
  4. snooping
Verb
  • Infantino has denied interfering in the decision-making process and said FIFA’s judicial bodies act independently.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, some American fans who usually hate to see suits interfering in their sports are cheering FIFA on because the decision seems like a triumph of American exceptionalism.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of interfering
Verb
  • There was something a little therapeutic about messing it up.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
  • No one can match her depth and passion to get vengeance on Krem of the Yellow Hills for messing with her family — a sentiment Cancers understand.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of messing
Verb
  • Instead, her dad looks under the table and sees a jumble of limbs with Chastain’s smiling face poking out at him.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026
  • This included one of their players poking a finger into the ear of the Belgian penalty-spot protector Diego Moreira, and responding to the reactionary elbow to the tummy by going down, and staying down, on top of the penalty mark.
    — Geir Jordet, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of poking
Verb
  • Cady had injected some narcotic into a Georgia peach to knock Natalie out ahead of his confrontation with Crystal on the houseboat, but Ray snooping around on the Bowdens’s behalf led to this deadly improvisation.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Her mother has become a fan but didn’t start out that way, unaware her high school had a soccer team until Garbowski went snooping in an old yearbook.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of snooping
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