Definitions of overbearing [ˌoʊ vərˈbɛər ɪŋ]

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Definition of 'overbearing'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) overbearing
domineering; dictatorial; rudely arrogant.

2. overbearing
of overwhelming or critical importance.

Etymology: (1590–1600)

Definition of 'overbearing'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing
expecting unquestioning obedience
"the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

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

Translation of 'overbearing'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: too sure that one is right I disliked her overbearing manner.
Afrikaans: oorheersend, baasspelerig	Arabic: مُتَعَجْرِف، مُتَغَطْرِس	Bulgarian: надменен
Brazilian: autoritário	Czech: zpupný	German: anmaßend
Danish: overbærende	Greek: αυταρχικός, ισχυρογνώμων	Spanish: dominante, autoritario
Estonian: enesekindel	Farsi: از خود راضی	Finnish: määräilevä
French: arrogant	Hebrew: שְתַלטָנִי	Hindi: यह सोच कि वह सही है
Croatian: bahat, arogantan	Hungarian: hatalmaskodó	Indonesian: merasa benar
Icelandic: dramblátur	Italian: altezzoso, arrogante	Japanese: おうへいな
Korean: 거만한	Lithuanian: valdingas, nenuginčijamas	Latvian: pašpārliecināts; valdonīg
Malay: suka menguasai orang lain	Dutch: arrogant	Norwegian: overlegen, hoven
Polish: apodyktyczny	Persian: از خود راضی	Pashto: له ځان راضى
Portuguese: autoritário	Romanian: arogant	Russian: властный
Slovak: arogantný	Slovenian: prevzeten	Serbian: arogantan
Swedish: övermodig, överlägsen	Thai: ช่างเจ้ากี้เจ้าการ	Turkish: buyurucu, küstah
Taiwanese: 傲慢的，專橫的	Ukrainian: владний, наказовий	Urdu: تحکم پسند
Vietnamese: độc đoán	Chinese: 傲慢的，专横的
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