English

Adjective

intrusive ‎(comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)

1. Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.

   Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?

2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Derived terms

• intrusively
• intrusiveness

Translations

Noun

intrusive ‎(plural intrusives)

1. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

References

• intrusive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intrusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine singular of intrusif

Italian

Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine plural of intrusivo

Anagrams

• risvenuti