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Overbearing Common

Overbearing has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

present participle of overbear

Adjective
1

expecting unquestioning obedience

"the timid child of authoritarian parents"

"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

2

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 breaches of etiquette"

"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"

"a more swaggering mood than usual"

3

Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

Example Sentences
"the timid child of authoritarian parents" adjective
"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" adjective
"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines" adjective
"haughty aristocrats" adjective
"his lordly manners were offensive" adjective
"walked with a prideful swagger" adjective
"very sniffy about breaches of etiquette" adjective
"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air" adjective
"a more swaggering mood than usual" adjective
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Rhyming Words
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