About The Word Overbearing
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Overbearing
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What's The Definition Of Overbearing?
[adj] expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Overbearing: authoritarian | dictatorial | domineering Related Terms | Find terms related to Overbearing: absolute | absolutist | absolutistic | arbitrary | aristocratic | arrogant | ascendant | assertive | authoritarian | authoritative | autocratic | big | bossy | bullying | cavalier | condescending | despotic | dictatorial | disdainful | dogmatic | domineering | feudal | grinding | haughty | high and mighty | high-and-mighty | highfalutin | high-faluting | high-flown | high-handed | high-headed | high-nosed | hoity-toity | imperative | imperial | imperious | insolent | lofty | lordly | magisterial | magistral | master | masterful | monocratic | officious | oppressive | overruling | overweening | paramount | patronizing | peremptory | predominant | predominate | preponderant | pretentious | prevalent | proud | purse-proud | pushy | regnant | repressive | severe | snooty | snotty | sovereign | strict | stuck-up | supercilious | superior | suppressive | toplofty | tyrannical | tyrannous | uppish | uppity | upstage See Also | Overbearing In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*bear"ing\, a.
1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. --I. Watts.
2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical;
dictatorial; insolent. --{O`ver*bear"ing*ly}, adv. --
{O`ver*bear"ing*ness}, n.
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