| ADJECTIVE | all | overbearing, authoritarian, dictatorial | expecting unquestioning obedience |
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| all | overbearing, disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
| Sounds | ow'verbeh'rihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Expecting unquestioning obedience. | |
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| Example | "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" | |
| Synonyms | authoritarian, dictatorial | |
| Broader | domineering | tending to domineer |
| Spanish | autoritario, despótico, dictatorial | |
| Catalan | autoritari, despòtic, dictatorial | |
| Nouns | overbearingness | the trait of being imperious and overbearing |
| Adverbs | overbearingly | in an overbearing manner |
| Meaning | Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. | |
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| Synonyms | disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering | |
| Broader | proud | Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth |
| Spanish | altivo, arrogante, desdeñoso, despectivo, imperioso, orgulloso, soberbio | |
| Catalan | arrogant, desdenyós, despectiu, imperiós, superb | |
| Nouns | overbearingness | the trait of being imperious and overbearing |
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