overbearing

== English == === Etymology === From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing. === Verb === overbearing present participle and gerund of overbear === Adjective === overbearing (comparative more overbearing, superlative most overbearing) Overly bossy, domineering, arrogant, forceful, intense, or annoying. ==== Synonyms ==== demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high-handed See also Thesaurus:bossy See also Thesaurus:arrogant ==== Derived terms ==== overbearingly overbearingness ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “overbearing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “overbearing”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “overbearing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.