officious

(ə-fĭsh'əs)
adj.

1. Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others: an officious host; officious attention.
2. Informal; unofficial.
3. Archaic. Eager to render services or help others.

[Latin officiōsus, obliging, dutiful, from officium, duty. See office.]

officiously of·fi'cious·ly adv.
officiousness of·fi'cious·ness n.

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adjective

Given to intruding in other people's affairs: interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive. See participate/abstain.

adj

Definition: self-important, dictatorial
Antonyms: modest, self-effacing, shy, timid

IN BRIEF: Too eager to help where one is not needed.

No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. — Edward Abbey (1927-1989), American writer and radical environmentalist.

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• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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See words rhyming with "officious."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tjenstivrig, geskæftig, overlegen, officiøs, uformel

Nederlands (Dutch)
agressief autoritair, bemoeiziek, officieus

Français (French)
adj. - trop empressé, zélé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - übereifrig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυταρχικός, που επιδεικνύει υπερβολικό ζήλο, αλαζονικός, υπερφίαλος, υπερβολικά περιποιητικός

Italiano (Italian)
ufficioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - oficioso, de fonte oficial sem ser oficial

Русский (Russian)
назойливый, неофициальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - oficioso, entrometido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - beskäftig, fjäskig, halvofficiell

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
多管闲事的, 非官方的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多管閒事的, 非官方的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 참견하기 좋아하는, 비공식의, 호의적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - おせっかいな, さしでがましい, 非公式の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فضولي, غير رسمي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שתלטן, להוט להציע שירותיו, כופה את עצמו, מתערב, משיא עצות, בדיפלומטיה: לא-רשמי‬

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