interruptive

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adjective

Acting or tending to interrupt

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveinterruptive (comparative more interruptive, superlative most interruptive)

comparative more interruptive · superlative most interruptive

  1. Acting or tending to interrupt

    Oh, well, gee, look, if this communiqué is in any way—uh—sleep-interruptive, I'll—uh—re-telephone you later.

    1997, John Cleese, Iain Johnstone, Fierce Creatures, spoken by Vince McCain (Kevin Kline), Jersey Films; distributed by Universal Pictures, published 1997
    1 more example

    “Advertising being an annoying, interruptive medium, ‘Hello’ is kind of a nice salutation, a friendly way of introducing yourself,” said Lee Clow, chairman and chief creative officer at the TBWA Worldwide unit of the Omnicom Group who has long worked for Apple.

    2007 May 24, Stuart Elliott, “Madison Avenue Says Hello to ‘Hello,’ Again”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*Hrewp-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*Hrunépti
  9. Latinrumpō
  10. Latininterrumpō
  11. Latininterruptus
  12. Middle Englishinterrupten
  13. Englishinterrupt
  14. Englishinterruptive

From interrupt + -ive.

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APA

interruptive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interruptive

MLA

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Chicago

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