Impertinent is a synonym of intrusive.
As adjectives the difference between impertinent and intrusive
is that
impertinent is insolent, ill-mannered while
intrusive is tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.
As nouns the difference between impertinent and intrusive
is that
impertinent is an impertinent individual while
intrusive is (geology) an igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock.
impertinent English
Adjective
( en adjective)
insolent, ill-mannered
* Tillotson
- things that are impertinent to us
* Jeremy Taylor
- How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
Usage notes
Although, historically, definition 2 was the original (derived from the French below) usage; meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to, once again, incorporate definition 2. As many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect, avoiding the word altogether may be advisable. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.
Synonyms
* See also
Noun
( en noun)
An impertinent individual.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
- comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
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intrusive English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.
- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive ?
(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
Derived terms
* intrusively
* intrusiveness
Noun
( en noun)
(geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
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