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English adjective: overbearing

1. overbearing expecting unquestioning obedience


SamplesThe timid child of authoritarian parents.
Insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter.


Synonymsauthoritarian, dictatorial


Similardomineering


Antonymssubmissive

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


SamplesSome 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.


Synonymsdisdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering


Similarproud


Antonymshumble









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