intruding
verbnounattested in dialogue
intrusion
verb
- 1
Also a form of intrudepresent participle and gerund of intrude
noun
- 1
intrusion
[…] he rose and adjusted his alarm-clock, so that it would emphatically repeat the hour of five. Then to bed again, and driving off all intrudings of thoughtfulness, and resolutely bending himself to slumber, he by-and-by fell into its […] arms.
Forms
- plural
- intrudings