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    overbearing

    overbearing - Dictionary definition and meaning for word overbearing

    Definition
    (adj) expecting unquestioning obedience
    Synonyms : authoritarian , dictatorial
    Example Sentence
    • the timid child of authoritarian parents
    • insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
    Definition
    (adj) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    Example Sentence
    • 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
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to bear someone's views on yourself.. that person is overbearing you.. that is he is dominating over you..

we cant bear someone who is overbearing...!!!

If you overly bear something,then at some point you will become ARROGANT.

overbearing-> she cant bear her husband violent,arrogant behaviour


Word used in video below:
text: that makes you uptight and overbearing.
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