overbearing

English

Etymology

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

Verb

overbearing

1. present participle and gerund of overbear

Adjective

overbearing (comparative more overbearing, superlative most overbearing)

1. Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

Synonyms

• demanding, dictatorial, dominant, haughty, high-handed
• See also Thesaurus:bossy
• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• overbearingly
• overbearingness

Translations

overly bossy or domineering

• Arabic: مُتَسَلِّط (mutasalliṭ)
• Armenian: հրամայական (hy) (hramayakan), բռնապետական (hy) (bṙnapetakan)
• Bulgarian: властен (bg) (vlasten), повелителен (bg) (povelitelen)
• Finnish: määräilevä, komenteleva
• French: dominateur (fr), despotique (fr)
• German: anmaßend (de), herrisch (de), überheblich (de)
• Hebrew: דומיננטי (he), שתלטן
• Hungarian: erőszakos (hu), arrogáns (hu), basáskodó (hu), hatalmaskodó (hu), zsarnokoskodó (hu), pöffeszkedő (hu), fennhéjázó (hu)
• Interlingua: imperiose
• Irish: anúdarásach, forbhríoch, iomarcach, stróinéiseach, tiarnúil
• Latin: imperiōsus
• Maori: tuanui, hākiki, ngarengare
• Polish: arogancki (pl) m
• Portuguese: prepotente (pt), arrogante (pt)
• Russian: вла́стный (ru) (vlástnyj)
• Spanish: oprimente, subyugante, prepotente (es)
• Swedish: högdragen (sv)

Further reading

• “overbearing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “overbearing”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “overbearing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.