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Overbearing

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Definitions for Overbearing

adjective
expecting unquestioning obedience
Synonyms
authoritarian dictatorial
Examples
  1. the timid child of authoritarian parents
  2. insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
adjective
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Synonyms
disdainful haughty imperious lordly prideful sniffy supercilious swaggering
Examples
  1. some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
  2. haughty aristocrats
  3. his lordly manners were offensive
  4. walked with a prideful swagger
  5. very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
  6. his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
  7. a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
verb
overcome
Synonyms
overbear
Examples
  1. overbear criticism, protest, or arguments
verb
bear too much
Synonyms
overbear
verb
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
Synonyms
bear down overbear

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