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The definition of intrusive is someone or something that invades personal space, that becomes too involved or that comes too close without being invited.

(adjective)

An unwelcome and overly personal question is an example of a question that would be described as intrusive.
A person who constantly comes over to your house uninvited and offers unsolicited life advice is an example of a person who would be described as intrusive.

See intrusive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

intruding or tending to intrude
Geol. designating or of igneous rock formed from magma that hardened while still within the earth, moon, etc.
Phonet. present or added in speech although not represented originally in spelling or accounted for otherwise etymologically (Ex.: the d added to OE spinel to form spindle)

Origin: < L intrusus, pp. of intrudere (see intrude) + -ive

Related Forms:

intrusively adverb
intrusiveness noun

See intrusive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Intruding or tending to intrude.
Geology Of or relating to igneous rock that is forced while molten into cracks or between other layers of rock.
Linguistics Epenthetic.

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