Definitions for overbearingˌoʊ vərˈbɛər ɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•ver•bear•ingˌoʊ vərˈbɛər ɪŋ(adj.)

  1. domineering; dictatorial; rudely arrogant.

  2. of overwhelming or critical importance.

Origin of overbearing:

1590–1600

o`ver•bear′ing•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing(adj)

    expecting unquestioning obedience

    "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

  2. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering(adj)

    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"- W.L.Shirer

Wiktionary

  1. overbearing(Adjective)

    Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.


Translations for overbearing

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

overbearing(adjective)

too sure that one is right

I disliked her overbearing manner.

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