intrusive

Disturbing someone or entering their private life in an unwanted way.

• I found his questions intrusive.
• The hotel staff were helpful without being intrusive.
• Intrusive thoughts kept interrupting her work.

Similar words: invasive, interfering

Opposites: unobtrusive

Common phrases: intrusive questions, intrusive thoughts, intrusive advertising

Describing a computer collection whose items themselves store the links used to organize them.

• We used an intrusive linked list.
• Each object stores its own links in this intrusive container.
• An intrusive collection requires changes to the item type.

Common phrases: intrusive list, intrusive container, intrusive collection