pushing

PUSHING

importunus; immodestus; molestus.

pushing (subs.): impulsus, impulsio p. back, rĕpulsus: v. IMPULSE, PUSH (subs.).

pushing (adj.):

I. In a sense not bad: promptus, strēnuus: v. ACTIVE, ENERGETIC, ENTERPRISING, PROMPT.

II. Passing into the bad sense:

1. perh. audax (usu. denoting a bad quality): v. DARING, PRESUMPTUOUS. Also expr. by subs. audācia, esp. in phr. urbana audacia (the pushing spirit of the city), Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 8.

2. confīdens (possessed of assurance: in good or bad sense): a p. fellow, [parasitus quidam] homo confidens, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 73. Join: improbus, confidens, nequam, malus, Pac. (Lucil.) in Non. 262, 11: Join: audacior et confidentior: Qui me alter est audacior homo? aut qui me confidentior, Pl. Am. init.: v. FORWARD.

3. mŏlestus (troublesome, as one who makes himself disagreeable): esp. in connexion with other words. a man not at all p., homo minime ambitiosus, minime in rogando molestus, Cic. Fam. 13, 1. Sometimes also the following may serve: importūnus (unseasonable and offensive); immŏdestus (not keeping within bounds): and tĕmĕrārĭus (headstrong): see also INTRUSIVE. Also expr. by substs.: incredibili importunitate et audacia, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30: cf. IMPUDENT, FORWARD.