Overbearing

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  • adjective. Domineering in manner; arrogant: synonym: dictatorial.
  • adjective. Overwhelming in power or significance; predominant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bearing down; repressing; overwhelming.
  • Haughty and dictatorial; disposed or tending to repress or subdue in an imperious or insolent manner: as, an overbearing disposition or manner.
  • Synonyms Domineering, lordly, arrogant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Overpowering; subduing; repressing.
  • adjective. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. expecting unquestioning obedience
  • adjective. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    • Word Usage
    "Perry, who caused a stir in 2009 when he openly pondered his state's secession from the United States, was sharply critical of what he called an overbearing federal government."
    Equivalent
    domineering  proud  
    Form
    overbearingly  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baring  Behring  Bering  airing  baring  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absolute  absolutist  absolutistic  arbitrary  aristocratic  
    verb-stem
    overbear  
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