Officious - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|əˈfɪʃəs|
Brit.
|əˈfɪʃəs|
adjective
- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner (syn: busy, meddlesome)
bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
Extra examples
He was an officious little man who was always telling everyone else how to do their jobs.
He glanced suspiciously at the officious stranger.
...the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms...
'I'll see,' the nurse said, with an officious toss of her head.
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