Definitions for obtrusion

obtrusion ob·tru·sion

Spelling: [uh b-troo-zhuh n]
IPA: /əbˈtru ʒən/

Obtrusion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in obtrusion (binoorstu).

Definitions for obtrusion

noun

  1. the act of obtruding.
  2. something obtruded.

Origin of obtrusion

1570-80; Late Latin obtrūsiōn- (stem of obtrūsiō), equivalent to Latin obtrūs(us) (obtrūd(ere) to obtrude + tus past participle suffix, with dt > s) + -iōn-

Examples for obtrusion

But the merits of a class are not best seen by the obtrusion of its more eminent members, but by the average.

For it was this obtrusion of a personality that vaguely troubled him.

The young man was plainly astonished, disconcerted as well by the obtrusion of a sordid detail into the tragedy of the time.

Nothing is so odious as the obtrusion of technic in any work of art.

All throughout He has been speaking with authority, but has, as usual, avoided the obtrusion of His personal prerogative.

I have no right to mar the great end of a great history, by any obtrusion of my own weak self.

Mr. Herrington objected to the obtrusion of such trifling matter upon the House, which had business to do.

The obtrusion of the French language during the reign of Napoleon had no effect.

There is no obtrusion of the police or the military, as in Paris or Vienna.

You may take ham to appease hunger, or you may take it to prevent the obtrusion of that vulgar sensation.

Word Value for obtrusion
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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