obtruding

English

Verb

obtruding

  1. present participle and gerund of obtrude

Noun

obtruding (plural obtrudings)

  1. An obtrusion; the act of something that obtrudes.
    • 1689, Richard Baxter, A treatise of knowledge and love compared in two parts:
      Unless the world be bedlam-mad in proud obtrudings of their own conceits, methinks such a wary, humble man should offend but few, and better keep both his own and the church's peace than others.
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