officious

officious is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty.
2. adjective. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging.
3. adjective. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
4. adjective. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

   "an interfering old woman"

   "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"

   Synonyms: busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling

Synonyms

busy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling

Common word forms

officiously, officiousness

Words from these letters

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