Officious

Word OFFICIOUS
Character 9
Hyphenation of fi cious
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Officious"

What do we mean by officious?

Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others. adjective

Informal; unofficial. adjective

Motivated by the desire to help others. adjective

Doing or ready to do kind offices; attentive; courteous and obliging; hence, friendly, in a general sense.

Having a bearing on or connection with official duties, but not formally official.

Forward in tendering services; zealous in interposing uninvited in the affairs of others; meddling; obtrusive.

Synonyms Impertinent, Officious (see impertinent); Active, Busy. etc. (see active); meddlesome, obtrusive, interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical.

Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. adjective

Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. adjective

Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome. adjective

Obliging, attentive, eager to please adjective

Offensively intrusive or interfering adjective

Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner adjective

Obliging, attentive, eager to please.

Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.

When your friend says your official official but no official official it means that she dosen't know and is having fun with your confused expression. Urban Dictionary

To be officially official with said official action/task. Urban Dictionary

1. publicly or formally 2. obviously, apparently or clearly Urban Dictionary

Something REAL or great or or respected Urban Dictionary

Something tight Urban Dictionary

1.To make any document official by having it notarized or filed with the proper government office. 2. To make legitimate. Urban Dictionary

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To be official, doing something that's official, Just straight up official. Urban Dictionary

Officialization – (v) {uh-fish-uhl-I-zey-shuhn} the act of appointing or authorizing an official document, office or position of duty, or organization. Urban Dictionary

- To perform the duties and functions of an office or a position of authority. - To serve as an officiant. - Sports. To serve as a referee or umpire. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Officious

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The word "officious" in example sentences

A simplistic way of looking at this would be to adopt a kind of officious bystander test who is stood alongside the states making the treaties. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is a kind of officious attentiveness which is really the expression of a species of vanity. ❋ Helen Ekin Starrett (N/A)

At one time, however, "officious" negotiations were kept up between the Holy See and the Italian Government through the agency of Monsignor Carini, Prefect of the Vatican Library and a great friend of Crispi. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Incomparably clever is the satire on the benevolent societies which exist to furnish a kind of officious sense of virtue to their aristocratic members. ❋ Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1871)

All, therefore, that happened amiss, in the course even of domestic affairs, was attributed to the government; and as it always happens in this kind of officious universal interference, what began in odious power ended always, I may say without an exception, in contemptible imbecility. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

The Sheriff made a joke over the similarity of the words 'officious' and 'official' to which there was some laughter, at which point one of the court officials sternly rebuked those present with a shout of "Silence in court!" ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ilicak was recently convicted in both a compensation case and a criminal trial for her article titled, "The immunity of the president", in which she described Osman Kacmaz, the presiding judge of the 1st High Criminal Court of Sincan (Ankara), as "officious". ❋ Unknown (2010)

"officious" lie for some useful purpose, and a "mischievous" lie in order to injure someone. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

"officious" action, and how subtle are the changes which can be rung upon the two, but there was nothing of that description here. ❋ Budgett Meakin (1886)

"officious" by the French journals, and it remains to be seen in which of the two senses attaching to the word the Americans will interpret the interference -- "officious" implying, according to their own Noah ❋ Unknown (1863)

No point getting huffy and officious about any of it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In less tangible measurements ... my french is abysmally non-existent and I was very glad we had nadine with us when some officious border guards stopped us near Geneva and wanted to know exactly who we were and what we were doing there. ❋ Skittledog (2009)

"We leafleted for it for three years in a row, then last year we were accosted by a very officious council employee and said that he only let us off the fine because he was in a 'good mood'." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some officious newbee looking for a mordida just might ask you to prove your citizenship but with a passport or a driver's license you should have no trouble. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ray Liotta as well as Mark Wahlberg have been additionally along for what promises to be an hilarious, if infrequently officious uncomfortable, ride ❋ Admin (2009)

She would also remember her last comment to Walter about the conversation that had made Regan behave in so officious a manner toward her, twenty-four hours after they had slept together. ❋ Anonymous (2011)

In the spirit of Tracey Ullman, they play dozens of wacky characters of all genders and races, from officious gate agents to pilots and passengers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Boy: So [are we] [official]? Girl: we're [official official] but not official official. You get what I mean? Boy: ... ❋ Thatbixtch011 (2020)

[Tom] was [finally] officially official with finishing his class [project] ❋ Beanster (2016)

1. Sony officially cuts price of PS3 2. "I'm officially [missing you]" - "Officially [Missing You]" by [Tamia] ❋ Lirquen (2009)

YO lock at them aiiiirrr forces" yeah [them shits] official. [ight] dawg!!! im about to [cawp]/cop me a pair ❋ Big Emmanuel From NY (2004)

That [party] [might be] official ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[Take] your [paperwork] and [get it] officialized. ❋ Liber8r (2006)

"[this nigga] is worse than officiality" Man 1 Man B commits proceeds [to chop] of his testicles, kill his grandmother, and [jump off a cliff]. ❋ JAYBOBTIGER (2011)

[The ram] shows his officialness everyday by [shitting] on his [customers]. ❋ B.D. Ram (2010)

The officialization [process] for any club on [campus] is a very [tedious] one. ❋ JimmyKudo (2006)

[A man] [got] [sick] because of a-fish-he-ate. ❋ H.T.J (2005)

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