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, or arrogant. forceful, overwhelming, or excessive ==== 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 E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “overbearing”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “overbearing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.