overbearing

Meaning

Synonyms

arrogant
C1
haughty
28k
domineering
40k
imperious
bossy
C2
proud
A2
high-handed
insolent
C2
disdainful
lordly
conceited
C2
prideful
47k
authoritarian
38k
pushy
C2
coercive
magisterial
sniffy
overweening
self-important
47k
presumptuous
C2
wicked
B2
supercilious
scornful
swaggering
dictatorial
unreasonable
C1
ill-mannered
37k
insolence
C2
insufferable
22k
lofty
20k
masterful
28k
mean
A1

officious

oppressive
24k
ostentatious
37k
peremptory
affected
B2
presuming
36k
pretentious
C2
priggish
puffed up
roughshod
ruling
C1
selfish
B2
shout
B2
stuck-up
21k

supercillious

termagant
uppish
vainglorious
Translations

autoritaire
dominateur
despotique
überheblich
anmaßend
arrogante
arrogant
prepotente
herrisch
superbus
Unverschämtheit
متسلط
tyrannisch
Frequency

25k
Etymology

From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing.

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