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overbearing
adjective
(o-ver-bear-ing)
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Synonyms:
disdainful
,
haughty
,
imperious
,
lordly
,
prideful
,
sniffy
,
supercilious
,
swaggering
,
overbearing
adjective
(o-ver-bear-ing)
expecting unquestioning obedience
Synonyms:
authoritarian
,
dictatorial
,
Examples:
Insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter.
Words Related to
overbearing
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domineering
,
dictatorial
,
authoritarian
,
bossy
,
arrogant
,
haughty
,
hegemonic
,
cavalier
,
aggressive
,
proud
,
high-handed
,
overprotective
,
meddlesome
,
pushy
,
tyrannical
,
brusk
,
overweening
,
officious
,
obnoxious
,
oppressive
,
priggish
,
pompous
,
shrewish
,
uptight
,
insufferable
,
incommunicative
,
straitlaced
,
egotistical
,
doltish
,
unsympathetic
,
prissy
,
humorless
,
resentful
,
whiny
,
condescending
,
unloving
,
unaffectionate
,
egocentric
,
neurotic
,
imperious
,
overemotional
,
irascible
,
overindulgent
,
brutish
,
subservient
,
boorish
,
unappreciative
,
overcritical
,
judgmental
,
unaccommodating
,
manipulative
,
doting
,
unctuous
,
petulant
,
truculent
,
oafish
,
antagonistic
,
unlikable
,
cloying
,
uncaring
,
neglectful
,
omnipotent
,
censorious
,
unassertive
,
brattish
,
loutish
,
insolent
,
cantankerous
,
vengeful
,
unsupportive
,
uncommunicative
,
crabby
,
egoistical
,
avaricious
,
henpecked
,
snooty
,
argumentative
,
conceited
,
submissive
,
obsequious
,
disdainful
,
untrusting
,
slatternly
,
paranoid
,
irritating
,
paternalistic
,
acquiescent
,
hypochondriacal
,
naggy
,
headstrong
,
autocratic
,
megalomaniacal
,
chauvinistic
,
thuggish
,
cuckolded
,
pigheaded
,
snappish
,
eccentric
,
stultifying
,
timorous
,
overbearing
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