overbearing

Speech parts

1. overbearing - Adjective

2. overbearing - Verb

3. overbearing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Overpowering; subduing; repressing.

Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dictatorial haughty imperious prideful authoritarian disdainful high-handed lordly supercilious swaggering sniffy imperial pontifical superior scornful
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Antonyms

meek democratic bashful minor passive modest
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Phrases with the word

be overbearing overbearing pride

Examples

the timid child of authoritarian parents Source: Internet

insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter Source: Internet

some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines Source: Internet

haughty aristocrats Source: Internet

his lordly manners were offensive Source: Internet

walked with a prideful swagger Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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