intrude

Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

intrude (third-person singular simple present intrudes, present participle intruding, simple past and past participle intruded)

1. (intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.

   to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another

   • I. Watts

     Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.

2. (transitive) To force in.

See also

• invade

Anagrams

• turdine, untired, untride, untried

Verb

intrude

1. third-person singular present indicative of intrudere