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overbearing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| Derivation | overbearingness |
overbearing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authoritarian, dictatorial |
| Derivation | overbearingness |
insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter.
Examples of overbearing
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Put off by behavior that he felt was overbearing, Garlick turned down the offer.
From the businessweek.com
They're overbearing, carelessly told, and gang-written into incomprehensibility.
From the theatlantic.com
Thankfully, it's not as overbearing as similar line-straddling bands tend to be.
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Eagle Eye is a terrorist thriller that isn't so much suspenseful as overbearing.
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He was a strong musician with an easy manner that was not flashy or overbearing.
From the sacbee.com
And if the overbearing boss fails to bounce Bosch, advancing age may do the job.
From the stltoday.com
Being overbearing dog lovers, we worried about how our dog would take this news.
From the freep.com
Brian, the wealthy owner of Home Farm, is reactionary, grasping and overbearing.
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Farmers tend to choose markets in areas where the oversight is not overbearing.
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- Authoritarian: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
- Disdainful: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about ...
- (overbearingly) in an overbearing manner
- Overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"
- (overbear) bear too much
- (overbear) bear down: contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant
- (overbear) To crush or press down on with physical force; To prevail over, as if by superior weight or force; dominate; To be more important than; outweigh; To bear an overabundance of fruit or offspring
- (Overbear) To sail downwind directly at another ship, stealing the wind from its sails.
