overfamiliarity
Too much intimacy
Overfamiliarity is excessive or presumptuous intimacy—treating someone with more closeness than the relationship warrants.
It suggests boundary-crossing: His overfamiliarity with the boss made coworkers uncomfortable.
The word often implies social awkwardness or deliberate disrespect, as when a stranger acts like an old friend or an employee addresses superiors too casually.
Brazen, reckless daring
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- brazennessShameless, defiant boldness
- chutzpahShameless, admirable audacity
gall · temerity · impertinence · cheek · liberties · presumptuousness · arrogance · assumption
Exceeding set limits
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- meddlingIntrusive interference in others' concerns
prying · snooping · imposition · interference · trespassing · unwelcome · probing · intrusiveness
Shameless boldness toward superiors
- insolenceBold, offensive disrespect
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
- cheekinessLighthearted disrespect
- flippancyFrivolous lack of seriousness
irreverence · contempt · disdain · mockery · sarcasm · dismissiveness · insubordination · disregard
Lack of grace or ease
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- tensionStretched or strained state
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
cringe · squirming · recoiling · off-putting · creepiness · smothering · cloying
Weary disinterest from monotony
- stalenessLoss of freshness
- jadednessDulled enthusiasm from excess
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- complacencyUncritical satisfaction with oneself
disregard · indifference · apathy · weariness · tedium · routine · habituation · numbness
audacity
Brazen, reckless daring
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- brazennessShameless, defiant boldness
chutzpah · gall · temerity · impertinence · cheek · liberties · presumptuousness · arrogance · assumption · unwarranted
boundary-crossing
Exceeding set limits
- oversteppingExceeding appropriate bounds
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
meddling · prying · snooping · imposition · interference · trespassing · unwelcome · probing · intrusiveness · presuming
impudence
Shameless boldness toward superiors
- insolenceBold, offensive disrespect
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
- cheekinessLighthearted disrespect
flippancy · irreverence · contempt · disdain · mockery · sarcasm · dismissiveness · insubordination · disregard · breeziness
awkwardness
Lack of grace or ease
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- tensionStretched or strained state
self-consciousness · cringe · squirming · recoiling · off-putting · creepiness · smothering · cloying
boredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
- stalenessLoss of freshness
- jadednessDulled enthusiasm from excess
- desensitizationReduced response over time
complacency · disregard · indifference · apathy · weariness · tedium · routine · habituation · numbness · overlooking
- audacityboldness, brazenness, audacity, chutzpah, gall
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
overfamiliarityformality
Strict observance of convention
reserve · aloofness · distance · detachment · standoffishness
overfamiliaritydeference
Yielding to another's judgment
discretion · restraint · tact · circumspection · propriety
familiar, unfamiliar, familiarity, familiarize, unfamiliarity, familiarly, familiarization, overfamiliar