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 Definitions of officious  [əˈfɪʃ əs]  

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Definition of 'officious' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) officious
objectionably aggressive in offering unrequested and unwanted help or advice; meddlesome.

2.  officious
marked by or proceeding from such forwardness.

3.  officious
Obs. ready to serve; obliging.

Etymology:  (1555–65; < L officiōsus obliging, dutiful =offici(um)office+-ōsus -ous)

Definition of 'officious' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied
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"


Translation of 'officious' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: offering help etc in order to interfere
His mother-in-law is so officious that he does not let her visit his house.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bemoeisiek, indringerig Arabic flag Arabic: فُضولي، كَثير التَّدَخُّل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: досаден
Brazilian flag Brazilian: intrometido Czech flag Czech: všetečný German flag German: aufdringlich
Danish flag Danish: geskæftig Greek flag Greek: παρεμβατικός, φορτικός, α Spanish flag Spanish: oficioso
Estonian flag Estonian: üliagar Farsi flag Farsi: مداخله گر؛ فضول باشی Finnish flag Finnish: tungetteleva
French flag French: trop empressé Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִשתוֹקֵק Hindi flag Hindi: अतिकारी, दस्तंदाजी
Croatian flag Croatian: pretjerano uslužan, namet Hungarian flag Hungarian: fontoskodó Indonesian flag Indonesian: suka ikut campur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afskiptasamur Italian flag Italian: invadente Japanese flag Japanese: おせっかいな
Korean flag Korean: 참견을 잘하는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įkyriai paslaugus, per da Latvian flag Latvian: uzbāzīgs; pārlieku izpalī
Malay flag Malay: suka menyibuk Dutch flag Dutch: bemoeiziek Norwegian flag Norwegian: geskjeftig, overivrig
Polish flag Polish: narzucający się, natrętny Persian flag Persian: مداخله گر؛ فضول باشی Pashto flag Pashto: لاس وهونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: intrometido Romanian flag Romanian: (excesiv de) atent Russian flag Russian: навязчивый, назойливый
Slovak flag Slovak: všetečný Slovenian flag Slovenian: vsiljivo uslužen Serbian flag Serbian: nametljiv
Swedish flag Swedish: beskäftig, beställsam Thai flag Thai: เจ้ากี้เจ้าการ Turkish flag Turkish: işgüzar
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 好管閒事的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: той, що втручається не у Urdu flag Urdu: ضرورت سے زيادہ مہربان
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lăng xăng Chinese flag Chinese: 好管闲事的

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