PUSHY
What does "PUSHY" mean?
Excessively forceful or aggressive in demanding attention or getting one's way.
Meanings
- Too assertive or forceful in a way that annoys others. The salesman was so pushy that she walked out of the store. informal
Word origin
An informal English formation from the verb 'push' (Middle English 'pushen', from Old French 'pousser', from Latin 'pulsare' 'to beat, strike') plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
Remember it
A PUSHY person literally PUSHes you - the word wears its behavior on its sleeve.
A little poem
Elbow first, then the rest of the man-
he names it ambition,
the closed door names it something else.
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Wordplay
- I told my friend he was being too pushy. He insisted, twice, that he wasn't.
What it teaches
There is a thin door between persistent and pushy, and only the other person holds the handle.
Quick facts
What does PUSHY mean?
Excessively forceful or aggressive in demanding attention or getting one's way.
Is PUSHY a valid word?
Yes — PUSHY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PUSHY?
PUSHY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PUSHY come from?
An informal English formation from the verb 'push' (Middle English 'pushen', from Old French 'pousser', from Latin 'pulsare' 'to beat, strike') plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
What can PUSHY teach us?
There is a thin door between persistent and pushy, and only the other person holds the handle.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.