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[ adjective ] expecting unquestioning obedience
Synonyms Examples "he was imperious and dictatorial" "the timid child of authoritarian parents" "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)The posse 's retreat encouraged the Mexicans to be overbearing and impudent . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)He was stern and overbearing with his flock , but obsequious and conciliatory with the whites , especially the rich who partly supported the church . Related terms |
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