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overbearing
[ oh-ver-bair-ing ]
adjective
- domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- of overwhelming or critical importance.
overbearing
/ ˌəʊvəˈbɛərɪŋ /
adjective
- domineering or dictatorial in manner or action
- of particular or overriding importance or significance
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Derived Forms
- ˌoverˈbearingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- over·bearing·ly adverb
- over·bearing·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of overbearing1
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Example Sentences
Overbearing regulations prevent people from doing their jobs.
Many former employees described Masters as a demanding, overbearing micromanager who had no boundaries.
In April 1992, U.S. News and World Report, called her the “overbearing yuppie wife from hell.”
A good score adds a little something to the mix but is never overbearing.
Loud, overbearing, and unseemly, he is the very personification of the human id in a mock turtleneck and gold chain.
An insolent overbearing steward had reigned absolute monarch of the soil, during a long period of fifteen years.
In his elevation he was proud, overbearing and cruel, and the barons rose up against him, and accomplished his destruction.
The rebel soldiers became more and more insulting and overbearing.
He possessed a vigorous intellect, great energy of thought and action, overbearing-purpose, and unflinching courage.
This last comer appeared to be in a state of great excitement, and his brutal, overbearing nature was clearly in evidence.
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