pushy
aggressive
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
PUSHY parents help children make the grade at school
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Swedish Queen Silvia sprained a foot while trying to escape from a PUSHY photographer during a visit to New York, the palace said Wednesday.
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(BBC News headline)
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Swedish Queen Silvia sprained a foot while trying to escape from a PUSHY photographer during a visit to New York, the palace said Wednesday.
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pushy
adjective
- behaving in an unpleasant way by trying too much to get something or to make someone do something
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Pushed too far
An old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed; very pushy salesman.
"Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a few moments of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."
"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money", she said as tried to close the door. Quick as a flash, the still pushy young man wedged his foot in the door.
"Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration." With that, he emptied a huge bucket of dirt on the carpet.
"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of the dirt, I will personally eat the remainder."
"Well," she said, "I hope you've got a good appetite, because the electricity was cut off this morning."
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SYNONYMS
aggressive, assertive, bumptious, forceful, obnoxious, obtrusive, presumptuous, zealous
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Someone should give him feedback about his pushy style."
adjective
- behaving in an unpleasant way by trying too much to get something or to make someone do something
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Pushed too far
An old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed; very pushy salesman.
"Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a few moments of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."
"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money", she said as tried to close the door. Quick as a flash, the still pushy young man wedged his foot in the door.
"Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration." With that, he emptied a huge bucket of dirt on the carpet.
"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of the dirt, I will personally eat the remainder."
"Well," she said, "I hope you've got a good appetite, because the electricity was cut off this morning."
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SYNONYMS
aggressive, assertive, bumptious, forceful, obnoxious, obtrusive, presumptuous, zealous
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Someone should give him feedback about his pushy style."
