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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.pushy - marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"
ambitious - having a strong desire for success or achievement
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pushy

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pushy

adjective
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Translations

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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Shockingly, the teacher, who revealed all to the Sun newspaper, admitted those cast as donkeys are paying the price for having pushy parents: "It is used as an opportunity to get revenge on the pushiest parents, as they can't criticise you for not giving them a part but also it's clearly not ideal."
THE pushiest mums in the UK are in Cardiff, new research reveals Some 87 per cent of mothers in the Welsh capital admit they make their child sign up to every sports club or activity.
THE pushiest mums live in Cardiff, research suggests.
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In a poll of 1,000 unmarried females who are in a relationship, 33% were found to be the "pushiest partner".
Chief among the suspects demanding people have a prejourney tipple are work colleagues, who 42% identified as the pushiest, and friends, named by 41% as the worst offenders.
"I tell them to imagine you're the pushiest person you've ever met and play that role."
"They can have the pushiest mum in the world but if they don't want it themselves it just won't happen.
DANCE MUMS Mon Lifetime 9pm NEW SERIES Prepare to meet some of the UK's pushiest mums, as this series enters the cut-throat world of a performing arts school.
Alex Liberman and my mother, the hat designer "Tatiana of Saks," were phenomenally accomplished social climbers whose salon was the mecca of New York's pushiest arrivistes; whereas the reclusive Penn was utterly indifferent to notoriety and status, and however deep his devotion to Alex, his puritanical streak led him to be highly disdainful of the Libermans' social scrambling.