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  1. 1. a. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. expecting unquestioning obedience Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 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 Source: ecdict

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