overbearing
Verb
- overcome
- bear too much
- contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- present participle and gerund of overbear
Adjective Satellite
- expecting unquestioning obedience
- "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; ; ; ; ; ; ; - W.L.Shirer
Adj
- Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.
Origin / Etymology
From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing.
Synonyms
authoritarian, bear down, dictatorial, disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbear, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering, demanding, dominant, high-handed
Scrabble Score: 17
overbearing: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoverbearing: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
overbearing: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary