"pushy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpʊʃ.i/ [General-Australian, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pushy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pushier [comparative], pushiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊʃi Etymology: From push + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|push|y}} push + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} pushy (comparative pushier, superlative pushiest)
  1. Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: obtrusive, sharp-elbowed Derived forms: pushily, pushiness, unpushy Related terms: push Translations (overly assertive, bold, or determined): ambitieux (French), arriviste (French), aggressiv (German), aufdringlich (english: behaviour) [person] (German), zudringlich (German), erőszakos (Hungarian), rámenős (Hungarian), teanntásach (Irish), treallúsach (Irish), 押し付けがましい (oshitsukegamashii) (Japanese), на́метлив (námetliv) (Macedonian), на́стојчив (nástojčiv) (Macedonian), pūkeke (Maori), oppdrenjent (Plautdietsch), nachalny (Polish), napastliwy (Polish), назо́йливый (nazójlivyj) (Russian), насты́рный (nastýrnyj) (Russian), напористый (naporistyj) [masculine] (Russian), aceleci (Turkish), saldırgan (Turkish), yüzsüz (Turkish), ymwthgar (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pushy-en-adj-3zH-osUQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

Inflected forms

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      "form": "pushier",
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    },
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          "word": "unpushy"
        }
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        {
          "word": "pushily"
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          "ref": "2005 June 24, BBC",
          "text": "Pushy parents 'ruin sports days'",
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        "Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious."
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          "assertive",
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        [
          "determined",
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "ambitieux"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "arriviste"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "aggressiv"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "english": "behaviour",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "zudringlich"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "erőszakos"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "rámenős"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "teanntásach"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "treallúsach"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oshitsukegamashii",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "押し付けがましい"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "námetliv",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "на́метлив"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nástojčiv",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "на́стојчив"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "pūkeke"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "oppdrenjent"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "nachalny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "napastliwy"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nazójlivyj",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "назо́йливый"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastýrnyj",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "насты́рный"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naporistyj",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "напористый"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "aceleci"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "saldırgan"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "yüzsüz"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
          "word": "ymwthgar"
        }
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    }
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    {
      "word": "pushily"
    },
    {
      "word": "pushiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "unpushy"
    }
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      "form": "pushier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "word": "push"
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        "English terms with audio links",
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        "Rhymes:English/ʊʃi",
        "Rhymes:English/ʊʃi/2 syllables",
        "en:Personality"
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        {
          "ref": "2005 June 24, BBC",
          "text": "Pushy parents 'ruin sports days'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious."
      ],
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          "Overly",
          "overly"
        ],
        [
          "assertive",
          "assertive"
        ],
        [
          "bold",
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        ],
        [
          "determined",
          "determined#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "aggressively",
          "aggressively"
        ],
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          "ambitious",
          "ambitious"
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          "word": "obtrusive"
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          "word": "sharp-elbowed"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "ambitieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "arriviste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "aggressiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "behaviour",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "aufdringlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "zudringlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "erőszakos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "rámenős"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "teanntásach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "treallúsach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshitsukegamashii",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "押し付けがましい"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "námetliv",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "на́метлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nástojčiv",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "на́стојчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "pūkeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "oppdrenjent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "nachalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "napastliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazójlivyj",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "назо́йливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastýrnyj",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "насты́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naporistyj",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напористый"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "aceleci"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "saldırgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "yüzsüz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "overly assertive, bold, or determined",
      "word": "ymwthgar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pushy"
}

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