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Engelsk tillægsord: overbearing

1. overbearing expecting unquestioning obedience


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe timid child of authoritarian parents.
Insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)authoritarian, dictatorial


Termer med lignende betydningdomineering


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)submissive

2. overbearing having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningSome 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.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering


Termer med lignende betydningproud


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)humble









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