overbearing 音标拼音: ['ovɚb'ɛrɪŋ]
a . 傲慢的,骄傲自大的,蛮横的
傲慢的,骄傲自大的,蛮横的
overbearing adj 1 :
expecting unquestioning obedience ; "
the timid child of authoritarian parents "; "
insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter " [
synonym : {
authoritarian },
{
dictatorial }, {
overbearing }]
2 :
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 [
synonym :
{
disdainful }, {
haughty }, {
imperious }, {
lordly },
{
overbearing }, {
prideful }, {
sniffy }, {
supercilious },
{
swaggering }]
Overbearing \
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a .
1 .
Overpowering ;
subduing ;
repressing . --
I .
Watts .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Aggressively haughty ;
arrogant ;
domineering ;
tyrannical ;
dictatorial ;
insolent .
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1913 Webster ] --{
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[
1913 Webster ]
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "
overbearing ":
absolute ,
absolutist ,
absolutistic ,
arbitrary ,
aristocratic ,
arrogant ,
ascendant ,
assertive ,
authoritarian ,
authoritative ,
autocratic ,
big ,
bossy ,
bullying ,
cavalier ,
condescending ,
despotic ,
dictatorial ,
disdainful ,
dogmatic ,
domineering ,
feudal ,
grinding ,
haughty ,
high and mighty ,
high -
and -
mighty ,
high -
faluting ,
high -
flown ,
high -
handed ,
high -
headed ,
high -
nosed ,
highfalutin ,
hoity -
toity ,
imperative ,
imperial ,
imperious ,
insolent ,
lofty ,
lordly ,
magisterial ,
magistral ,
master ,
masterful ,
monocratic ,
officious ,
oppressive ,
overruling ,
overweening ,
paramount ,
patronizing ,
peremptory ,
predominant ,
predominate ,
preponderant ,
pretentious ,
prevalent ,
proud ,
purse -
proud ,
pushy ,
regnant ,
repressive ,
severe ,
snooty ,
snotty ,
sovereign ,
strict ,
stuck -
up ,
supercilious ,
superior ,
suppressive ,
toplofty ,
tyrannical ,
tyrannous ,
uppish ,
uppity ,
upstage
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OVERBEARING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of OVERBEARING is tending to overwhelm : overpowering How to use overbearing in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Overbearing
OVERBEARING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Overbearing means domineering You might find it difficult to play the piano as your overbearing instructor criticizes every key you touch The adjective overbearing typically describes a person who is haughty and dictatorial
OVERBEARING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary OVERBEARING definition: 1 too confident and too determined to tell other people what to do, in a way that is unpleasant… Learn more
Overbearing - definition of overbearing by The Free Dictionary overbearing (ˌəʊvəˈbɛərɪŋ) adj 1 domineering or dictatorial in manner or action 2 of particular or overriding importance or significance
OVERBEARING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Showing arrogance and conceit (Definition of overbearing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
OVERBEARING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary An overbearing person tries to make other people do what he or she wants in an unpleasant and forceful way
Overbearing - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Overbearing means domineering You might find it difficult to play the piano as your overbearing instructor criticizes every key you touch The adjective overbearing typically describes a person who is haughty and dictatorial
overbearing adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of overbearing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
overbearing, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective overbearing, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
OVERBEARING definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary An overbearing person tries to make other people do what he or she wants in an unpleasant and forceful way