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officious

adjective

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

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Word length
9
Starts with
O
Ends with
S
Contains
FF
Scrabble score
17

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adjective

  1. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

    “an interfering old woman”

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Example Sentences

an interfering old woman
bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
busy about other people's business

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