officious English

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officious

— adjective (= interfering, meddling, busy) 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

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meddlesome

interfering

semiofficial

meddling

intrusive

forward

busybodied

busy

yare

willing

unofficial

self assertive

ready

prying

prompt

pragmatical

pragmatic

peremptory

overbearing

obtrusive

obliging

nosy

nosey

neighbourly

neighborly

magisterial

kind

intruding

informal

impertinent

imperious

game

eager

dutiful

despotic

compliant

complaisant

bossy

autocratical

autocratic