overbearing

  • 21overbearing — adj. pushy, bossy, domineering; arrogantv. prevail over, overcome with weight or force; domineer, subdue; outweigh, have greater importance or bearing,o·ver bear || ‚əʊvÉ™(r) bÉœrɪŋ / bɜə …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 22overbearing — adjective unpleasantly overpowering. Derivatives overbearingly adverb overbearingness noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23overbearing — a. 1. Overpowering, oppressive, repressing. 2. Imperious, domineering, dictatorial, supercilious, lordly, haughty, arrogant, dogmatical …

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  • 24overbearing — adj domineering, imperious, high and mighty, lordly, magisterial; high handed, arbitrary, presumptuous, overweening, cocky, cocksure, overconfident; arrogant, haughty, insolent, contemptuous, cavalier, disdainful, supercilious; proud, prideful,… …

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  • 25overbearing — o•ver•bear•ing [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈbɛər ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) domineering; dictatorial; rudely arrogant 2) of overwhelming or critical importance • Etymology: 1590–1600 o ver•bear′ing•ly, adv. o ver•bear′ing•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26overbearing — /oʊvəˈbɛərɪŋ / (say ohvuh bairring) adjective domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant. –overbearingly, adverb …

  • 27overbearing —   Ho okelakela, ho oki eki e, a ano.   Also: ka aluna (fig.), kanaie, ho okanaie, ho olanakila, mahalua …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 28be overbearing — index condescend (patronize) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 29Overbearingly — Overbearing O ver*bear ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. [1913 Webster] {O ver*bear ing*ly}, adv. {O ver*bear ing*ness}, n.… …

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  • 30Overbearingness — Overbearing O ver*bear ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. [1913 Webster] {O ver*bear ing*ly}, adv. {O ver*bear ing*ness}, n.… …

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