overbearing
AdjectiveSynonyms:
authoritariandictatorialdisdainfulhaughtyimperiouslordlypridefulsniffysuperciliousswaggering
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- expecting unquestioning obedience“the timid child of authoritarian parents”“insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter”Synonyms: authoritariandictatorial
- 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: disdainfulhaughtyimperiouslordlypridefulsniffysuperciliousswaggering
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]