overbearing

overbearing
adj
domineering, imperious, high-and-mighty, lordly, magisterial; high-handed, arbitrary, presumptuous, overweening, cocky, cocksure, overconfident; arrogant, haughty, insolent, contemptuous, cavalier, disdainful, supercilious; proud, prideful, overproud, vain, stuck on oneself, swellheaded, Inf. bigheaded, egotistical, egotistic; pompous, pretentious, lofty, Inf. highfalutin, hoity-toity, self-important, stuffy; conceited, Inf. stuck-up, condescending, patronizing, Inf. uppity, Inf. uppish, snobbish, snobby, Inf. snotty, Inf. snooty; assertive, self-assertive, pushing, Inf. pushy, aggressive; self-willed, willful, forceful, imperative, commanding, masterful, authoritative, authoritarian, Inf. bossy; peremptory, dictatorial, despotic, autocratic, tyrannical, iron-handed; heavy-handed, oppressive, harsh, strict, hard, tough.

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  • Overbearing — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overbearing — index brutal, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, inflated (vain), insolent, onerous, oppressive …   Law dictionary

  • overbearing — 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,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • overbearing — [adj] arrogant, domineering ascendant, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, highhanded*, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, officious,… …   New thesaurus

  • overbearing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unpleasantly overpowering …   English terms dictionary

  • overbearing — [ō΄vər ber′iŋ] adj. 1. acting in a dictatorial manner; arrogant; domineering 2. of transcending importance; overriding SYN. PROUD overbearingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • overbearing — 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 ╾… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • overbearing — [[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 …   English dictionary

  • overbearing — 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:… …   English dictionary

  • overbearing — adj. Overbearing is used with these nouns: ↑father, ↑mother …   Collocations dictionary

  • overbearing — o|ver|bear|ing [ˌəuvəˈbeərıŋ US ˌouvərˈber ] adj always trying to control other people without considering their wishes or feelings = ↑domineering ▪ a bossy, overbearing wife …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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