Thesaurus: overbearing

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1. a. Overpowering; subduing; repressing.
2. a. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.
3. adj. expecting unquestioning obedience
4. adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
5. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts. 2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. --O`ver*bear"ing*ly, adv. -- O`ver*bear"ing*ness, n.
6. j:100 v overcome v bear too much v contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery s expecting unquestioning obedience s having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy