overbearing
11overbearing — o|ver|bear|ing [ˌəuvəˈbeərıŋ US ˌouvərˈber ] adj always trying to control other people without considering their wishes or feelings = ↑domineering ▪ a bossy, overbearing wife …
12overbearing — adjective always trying to control other people without considering their wishes or feelings; domineering: self important overbearing attitudes of these high up doctors. overbearingly adverb …
13overbearing — adjective his overbearing wife Syn: domineering, dominating, autocratic, tyrannical, despotic, oppressive, high handed, bullying; informal bossy …
14overbearing — [ˌəʊvəˈbeərɪŋ] adj an overbearing person tries to control other people s behaviour and ignores their feelings …
15overbearing — adjective 1. expecting unquestioning obedience (Freq. 2) the timid child of authoritarian parents insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter • Syn: ↑authoritarian, ↑dictatorial • Similar to: ↑domineering …
16overbearing — adjective Date: 1614 1. a. tending to overwhelm ; overpowering b. decisively important ; dominant 2. harshly and haughtily arrogant Synonyms: see proud • overbearingly adverb …
17overbearing — overbearingly, adv. overbearingness, n. /oh veuhr bair ing/, adj. 1. domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant. 2. of overwhelming or critical importance. [1590 1600; OVERBEAR + ING2] * * * …
18overbearing — adjective Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant. Syn: demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high handed …
19overbearing — Synonyms and related words: absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, ascendant, assertive, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, big, bossy, bullying, cavalier, condescending, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful,… …
20overbearing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. domineering, bullying, lordly, arrogant, dictatorial; overwhelming. See insolence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Haughty] Syn. arrogant, proud, insolent; see egotistic 2 , proud 2 . 2. [Autocratic] Syn …
