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officious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling |
| Derivation | officiousness |
bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself.
Examples of officious
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Suddenly, from nowhere, an officious sort descends on us and introduces himself.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's not gated at night or patrolled by officious security guards during the day.
From the guardian.co.uk
Meanwhile, an officious town council leads the jeering section against the mayor.
From the thenewstribune.com
Many later crumbled under the burden of red tape imposed by officious inspectors.
From the guardian.co.uk
A most officious Chief petty officer appeared and promptly ordered us both ashore.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Were the officials over-officious jerks, or just doing their jobs last night?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
A short walk up a gloomy staircase and an officious man issued instructions.
From the couriermail.com.au
I dislike officious and discourteous, it's never any fun, so I try to be more relaxed.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It really is the worst example of over officious, jobsworth refereeing.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Interfering: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"
- (officiously) in an officious manner; "nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty"
- (officiousness) intrusiveness: aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- Obliging, attentive, eager to please; Offensively intrusive or interfering
- Overly helpful when not asked for
- Too eager to give advice
