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Overbearing (Adjective)

Meaning 1

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.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Haughty
  • Supercilious
  • Prideful
  • Swaggering
  • Lordly
  • Disdainful
  • Sniffy
  • Imperious

Related Words

  • Overbearingness (noun)

Meaning 2

Expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Dictatorial
  • Authoritarian

Related Words

  • Overbearingness (noun)
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