overbearingness
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Overbearingness — Overbearing O ver*bear ing, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. [1913 Webster] {O ver*bear ing*ly}, adv. {O ver*bear ing*ness}, n.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overbearingness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being arrogant: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, presumption, pride, pridefulness, proudness, superciliousness, superiority. See ATTITUDE … English dictionary for students
overbearingness — noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing • Syn: ↑imperiousness, ↑domineeringness • Derivationally related forms: ↑overbearing, ↑domineering (for: ↑domineeringness), ↑imperious … Useful english dictionary
arrogance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haughtiness, self importance; insolence, presumptuousness. See severity, vanity.Ant., modesty, humility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pride, self importance, presumption, hauteur (French), disdain, hubris … English dictionary for students
domineeringness — noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing • Syn: ↑imperiousness, ↑overbearingness • Derivationally related forms: ↑overbearing (for: ↑overbearingness), ↑domineering, ↑imperious … Useful english dictionary
imperiousness — noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing • Syn: ↑domineeringness, ↑overbearingness • Derivationally related forms: ↑overbearing (for: ↑overbearingness), ↑domineering ( … Useful english dictionary
overbearing — adjective 1. expecting unquestioning obedience (Freq. 2) the timid child of authoritarian parents insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter • Syn: ↑authoritarian, ↑dictatorial • Similar to: ↑domineering … Useful english dictionary
overbearing — overbearingly, adv. overbearingness, n. /oh veuhr bair ing/, adj. 1. domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant. 2. of overwhelming or critical importance. [1590 1600; OVERBEAR + ING2] * * * … Universalium
bossism — Synonyms and related words: Machtpolitik, Realpolitik, Tammany Hall, arbitrariness, authoritarianism, authoritativeness, autocraticalness, career politics, confrontation politics, consensus politics, domineering, domineeringness, economics in… … Moby Thesaurus
condescension — Synonyms and related words: Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, arrogance, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, condescendence, deigning, domineering, domineeringness, haughtiness, haughty airs, hauteur, high horse, hoity toitiness,… … Moby Thesaurus
