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Overbearing
see synonyms of overbearingAdjective
1. authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing
expecting unquestioning obedience
Example Sentences:'the timid child of authoritarian parents''insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter'
2. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Example Sentences:'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'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Overbearing
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Overbearing
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Overbearing
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