Library / English Dictionary

OBTRUSIVENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unwelcome conspicuousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("obtrusiveness" is a kind of...):

conspicuousness (high visibility)

Antonym:

unobtrusiveness (the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way)

Derivation:

obtrusive (undesirably noticeable)

obtrusive (sticking out; protruding)

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