pushyadj.
/ˈpʊʃi/, U.S. /ˈpʊʃi/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
Excessively or unpleasantly forward or self-assertive; demanding, aggressive, thrusting.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adjective]
crousea1400
crank1499
cockish1551
forward1561
forthyc1565
forthputting?1577
perching1579
perk1579
perking?1584
officious1596
pratchant1596
putting-forth1621
obtrusive1652
petulcous1661
pushing1682
coxy1728
cocky1768
bumptious1801
furthy1808
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self-asserting1821
protrusive1841
self-assertive1849
aggressive1855
self-assertory1867
perkisha1870
pushful1871
pushy1874
forritsome1894
chesty1900
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > energetic or enterprising > and inconsiderate
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aggressive1855
pushful1871
pushy1874
forritsome1894
1874 Indiana (Pa.) Messenger 9 Sept. 1/6 Then it will go away for some moments, and then all of a sudden it will flash upon you again; not a regular, growing want like hunger, but a pushy, imperious clamor.
1897 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 19 July 7/2 There is a text a very nice old minister used to quote against pushy, self-conceited preachers.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind viii. 142 It [sc. Atlanta] had nothing whatever to recommend it—only its railroads and a bunch of mighty pushy people... Restless, energetic people from the older sections of Georgia.
1959 T. Griffith Waist-high Culture xi. 148 The more talented..can be counted on to disqualify themselves further by seeming too pushy.
1971 Nature 20 Aug. 510/2 Is it..that pushy polytechnics will in future be encouraged to usurp the position of the weaker universities in the academic pecking order?
2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Nov. 62/1 Depending on the context, to call something ‘Spielbergian’ is to say either that it is wondrous and full of feeling or that it is pushy, pandering and manipulative.
Derivatives
ˈpushily adv.
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1956 W. H. Whyte Organization Man xx. 261 Unlike the others, busily sabotaging their husbands, she's actually trying to do something for her husband, albeit a little too pushily.
1975 Time Out 10 Oct. 57/2 Noel Davies conducted tidily and a bit pushily.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Apr. b5/2 [The show's]..focus is..a pushily flamboyant fashion model, social poseur and interlocutor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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