How do you pronounce officious?

officious is pronounced as /əˈfɪʃəs/.

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officious

🙄officious (ofisious)

adjective

/əˈfɪʃəs/

médicule (medicule)

officiate offish

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Signification

Excessively eager to offer unwanted help or advice; meddlesome.

Traduction de la signification

Excessivement disposé à offrir de l'aide ou des conseils non demandés ; intrusif.

Phrases d'exemple

The officious guard kept interrupting the visitors with unnecessary instructions.

Le garde médicule interrompait les visiteurs avec des instructions inutiles.

Synonymes

meddlesome, interfering, intrusive, bossy, overbearing

Antonymes

modest, reserved, unobtrusive

Collocations

officious behavior, officious manner, officious tone, officious interference

Vocabulaires connexes

bookish (amoureux des livres)

Spending much time reading or studying; scholarly but lacking practical experience.

scholarly (académique)

Having or showing knowledge, learning, or devotion to academic study.

sedentary (sédentaire)

Involving much sitting and little physical activity.

docile (docile)

easily managed, taught, or controlled; submissive

optional (facultatif)

Not required; left to personal choice.

Foolish (stupide; ridicule; insensé)

lacking good sense or judgment; unwise; silly

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