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English adjective: overbearing | |||
| 1. | overbearing expecting unquestioning obedience | ||
| Samples | The timid child of authoritarian parents. Insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter. | ||
| Synonyms | authoritarian, dictatorial | ||
| Similar | domineering | ||
| Antonyms | submissive | ||
| 2. | overbearing having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering | ||
| Similar | proud | ||
| Antonyms | humble | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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