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officious

/əˈfɪʃ.əs/

Traduction: Décrit une personne qui insiste trop pour offrir une aide ou des conseils non désirés, de manière importune ou autoritaire.

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adjective

/əˈfɪʃ.əs/C1formal
  • frDécrit une personne qui insiste trop pour offrir une aide ou des conseils non désirés, de manière importune ou autoritaire.

Describes a person who is overly eager to offer unwanted help or advice, especially in a meddlesome or bossy manner.

  1. Meddlesome or bossyC1formal

    Asserting authority in an annoying, intrusive, or self-important way, especially regarding trivial matters.

    frAutoritaire et importun

    • The officious clerk insisted on checking every single document twice.
    • Her officious manner annoyed the other passengers on the bus.
    • He was an officious little man who loved to tell people what to do.

    Synonymesdomineeringimperiousinterferingintrusivemeddlesomeoverbearingpushy

    Antonymesmodestreticentretiringunassumingunobtrusive

Formes
  • more officious comparative form
  • most officious superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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