overbearing

Adjective
US[oh-ver-ber-ing]/ˈoʊvɚˈbɛrɪŋ/4 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. expecting unquestioning obedience“the timid child of authoritarian parents”“insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter”Synonyms: authoritariandictatorialOpposite submissiveSimilar domineering
  2. 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”Synonyms: disdainfulhaughtyimperiouslordlypridefulsniffysuperciliousswaggeringOpposite humbleSimilar proud
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

O′ver·bear′ing adjective

1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. Isaac Watts

2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.

—O′wb-a2′>′ver·bear′wb-a1′>′ing·ly, adverb — O′wb-a2′>′ver·bear′wb-a1′>′ing·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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