officious
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/icons/point.icon IMPERTINENT, OFFICIOUS, MEDDLESOME, INTRUSIVE, OBTRUSIVE mean given to thrusting oneself into the affairs of others.
IMPERTINENT implies exceeding the bounds of propriety in showing interest or curiosity or in offering advice.
e.g. resented their impertinent interference
OFFICIOUS implies the offering of services or attentions that are unwelcome or annoying.
e.g. officious friends made the job harder
MEDDLESOME stresses an annoying and usually prying interference in others' affairs.
e.g. a meddlesome landlord
INTRUSIVE implies a tactless or otherwise objectionable thrusting into others' affairs.
e.g. tried to be helpful without being intrusive
OBTRUSIVE stresses improper or offensive conspicuousness of interfering actions.
e.g. expressed an obtrusive concern for his safety
adjective
assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters:
｟非難して｠ 差し出がましい, でしゃばりな
e.g. the security people were very officious.
intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering:
e.g. an officious bystander.
DERIVATIVES
officiously |əˈfiSHəslē| adverb
officiousness |əˈfiSHəsnəs| noun
ORIGIN
late 15th century: from Latin officiosus ‘obliging’, from officium (see office). The original sense was ‘performing its function, efficacious’, whence ‘ready to help or please’ (mid 16th century), later becoming depreciatory (late 16th century).