mindmap root((突兀)) impertinent implies exceeding the bounds of propriety in showing interest or curiosity: a little brat asking ~ questions. officious implies the offering of services or advices that are unwelcome or annoying: an ~ salesman followed me outside. meddlesome stresses an annoying and usually prying interference in others' affairs: ~ old gossips with nothing to do. intrusive implies a tactless or otherwise objectionable curiosity about or a thrusting oneself into the company or affairs of others: an ~ interruption in our conservation. obtrusive stresses improper or offensive conspicuousness of interfering actions: ~ relatives monopolizing the wedding photographs.