overbearing
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overbearing
verb
- present participle and gerund of overbear
adjective more overbearing · most overbearing
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Overly bossy, domineering, arrogant, forceful, intense, or annoying.
In the same year, 1844, negotiations were begun to strengthen the North Union's position by an amalgamation with the Liverpool & Manchester and Grand Junction companies, but at the eleventh hour the shareholders took exception to the rather overbearing ways of the Grand Junction, and backed out.
Similar: demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high-handed
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adj overly bossy or domineering
| Español | oprimente, subyugante, prepotente, despótico, imperioso, dominante |
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| 中文 | 蠻橫 /蛮横 mánhèng, 霸道 bàdào, 盛氣凌人的 shèngqìlíngrén de |
| Português | prepotente, arrogante |
| Français | dominateur, despotique |
| Deutsch | anmaßend, herrisch, überheblich |
| Русский | вла́стный vlástnyj |
| العربية | مُتَسَلِّط mutasalliṭ |
| עברית | דומיננטי, שתלטן |
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