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Meanings of overbearing in English

Expecting unquestioning obedience.

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Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

Usage of overbearing in English
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An inquiry found police actions were overbearing and infringed on civil rights.
Radio NZ
2
Parents should be overbearing either, but instead encourage children healthy online behaviour.
The South African
3
Many Latin American states see their northern neighbour as overbearing and exploitative.
Reuters
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There was also criticism of the overbearing corporate nature of the Games.
The Guardian
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Many Latin American states see their northern neighbor as overbearing and exploitative.
Reuters
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There was something so ruthless in the boy, so overbearing and heartless.
Dust
7
So heavy, so overbearing, so painful, it simply shattered her into pieces.
Man in the Middle
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And she was almost as overbearing as Cadsuane herself, in Min's opinion.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
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TV critics said the program exploited the stereotype of the overbearing mamma.
Reuters
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He was also overbearing, and the people of Philadelphia mobbed him once.
Comic History of the United States
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The most trivial affairs were regulated by overbearing and exacting royal officials.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
12
He had passed the schoolboy age and was a bit overbearing himself.
The Web of Life
13
There is no sense of self-importance or overbearing ego from the 36-year-old.
The Irish Times
14
He was rude, overbearing, bullying, inconsiderate, and mean in curiously small matters.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
15
This was in retaliation for St. Dunstan's overbearing order to the king.
Comic History of England
16
These people, the Eneeshurs, were stingy, inhospitable, and overbearing in their ways.
First Across the Continent / The Story of the Exploring Expediti...
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