pushy

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push·y

(po͝osh′ē)

adj. push·i·er, push·i·est

Disagreeably aggressive or forward.

push′i·ly adv.

push′i·ness n.

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pushy

(ˈpʊʃɪ)

adj, pushier or pushiest

1. offensively assertive or forceful

2. aggressively or ruthlessly ambitious

ˈpushily adv

ˈpushiness n

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push•y

(ˈpʊʃ i)

adj. push•i•er, push•i•est.

obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.

[1935–40, Amer.]

push′i•ly, adv.

push′i•ness, n.

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Adj.

pushy - marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"

pushful

ambitious - having a strong desire for success or achievement

pushy

adjective forceful, aggressive, assertive, brash, loud, offensive, ambitious, bold, obnoxious, presumptuous, obtrusive, officious, bumptious, self-assertive She was a confident and pushy young woman.
shy, timid, reserved, retiring, quiet, meek, unassuming, unobtrusive, self-effacing, diffident, inoffensive, mousy, unassertive

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pushy

adjective

Rude and disrespectful:

assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, sassy, saucy, smart.

Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.

Slang: wise.

Translations

ambizioso

pushy

[ˈpʊʃɪ] ADJ (pushier (compar) (pushiest (superl))) (pej) → agresivo, avasallador, prepotente (esp LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pushy

[ˈpʊʃi] adj (pejorative) [person] → insistant(e)
a pushy, aggressive door-to-door salesman → un vendeur de porte à porte insistant et agressif
We didn't want to seem to be pushy parents
BUT Nous ne voulions pas passer pour des parents directifs.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pushy

adj (+er) (inf) → penetrant (pej)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pushy

[ˈpʊʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam, pej) → troppo intraprendente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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