Overbearing
1Overbearing — O ver*bear ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. [1913 Webster] {O ver*bear ing*ly}, adv. {O ver*bear ing*ness}, n. [1913… …
2overbearing — index brutal, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, inflated (vain), insolent, onerous, oppressive …
3overbearing — supercilious, disdainful, lordly, arrogant, haughty, *proud, insolent Analogous words: domineering, *masterful, imperious: scorning or scornful, despising or despiteful, contemning (see corresponding verbs at DESPISE): autocratic, despotic,… …
4overbearing — [adj] arrogant, domineering ascendant, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, highhanded*, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, officious,… …
5overbearing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unpleasantly overpowering …
6overbearing — [ō΄vər ber′iŋ] adj. 1. acting in a dictatorial manner; arrogant; domineering 2. of transcending importance; overriding SYN. PROUD overbearingly adv …
7overbearing — o|ver|bear|ing [ ,ouvər berıŋ ] adjective an overbearing person always tries to control other people s behavior and ignores their opinions and feelings: DOMINEERING a. used for describing someone s behavior: an overbearing manner ╾… …
8overbearing — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)be͟ərɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) An overbearing person tries to make other people do what he or she wants in an unpleasant and forceful way. My husband can be quite overbearing with our son. Syn: domineering …
9overbearing — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈbeərɪŋ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈberɪŋ] adjective a) an overbearing person always tries to control other people s behaviour and ignores their opinions and feelings b) used for describing someone s behaviour an overbearing manner Derived word:… …
10overbearing — adj. Overbearing is used with these nouns: ↑father, ↑mother …
