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Intrusive

Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.

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Busy 84% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Busy 84% connected

Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Encroaching 84% connected

of Encroach

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Encroaching 84% connected

of Encroach

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Interfering 84% connected

of Interfere

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Interfering 84% connected

of Interfere

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Intruding 84% connected

of Intrude

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Intruding 84% connected

of Intrude

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Invasive 84% connected

Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.

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Invasive 84% connected

Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.

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Irruptive 84% connected

Rushing in or upon.

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Irruptive 84% connected

Rushing in or upon.

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Meddlesome 84% connected

Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.

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Meddlesome 84% connected

Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.

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Meddling 84% connected

of Meddle

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Meddling 84% connected

of Meddle

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Officious 84% connected

Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty.

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Officious 84% connected

Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty.

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Plutonic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.

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Plutonic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.

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Trespassing 84% connected

of Trespass

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Trespassing 84% connected

of Trespass

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Intrude 74% connected

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

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Intrude 74% connected

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

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See also 2

Concave 66% connected

Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshel…

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Concave 66% connected

Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshel…

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Protrusive 94% connected

Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.

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Protrusive 94% connected

Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.

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