Synonyms for Overbearing

Synonyms for "overbearing" (127 found)

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Closest matches (26)

disdainful domineering high handed absolute absolutist absolutistic arbitrary aristocratic arrogant ascendant assertive authoritarian authoritative autocratic big bossism bossy brusque bullying cavalier

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condescending demanding

Adjective(1 words)

authoritarian

Adjective(3 words)

bombastic buggish cocky

Strong matches (38)

Adjective(11 words)

demanding dictatorial dictatory dominant hankty haughty heavy-handed high-handed high-hat holier-than-thou hubristic

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imperative imperial imperious

Adjective(4 words)

dictatorial disdainful haughty imperious

Related words (63)

Related word relations

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Synonyms

2 entries

demanding disdainful

derived

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overbearingly overbearingness

derived from

1 entries

overbear

is a

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dominating

related to

4 entries

arrogant bossy domineering overly

similar

3 entries

domineering proud

Translations

45 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

مُتَسَلِّط adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Armenian

2 entries

բռնապետական adj (overly bossy or domineering)
հրամայական adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Bulgarian

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властен adj (overly bossy or domineering)
повелителен adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

盛氣凌人的 adj (overly bossy or domineering)
蠻橫 /蛮横 adj (overly bossy or domineering)
霸道 adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Finnish

2 entries

komenteleva adj (overly bossy or domineering)
määräilevä adj (overly bossy or domineering)

French

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despotique adj (overly bossy or domineering)
dominateur adj (overly bossy or domineering)

German

3 entries

anmaßend adj (overly bossy or domineering)
herrisch adj (overly bossy or domineering)
überheblich adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Hebrew

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דומיננטי adj (overly bossy or domineering)
שתלטן adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Hungarian

4 entries

arrogáns adj (overly bossy or domineering)
basáskodó adj (overly bossy or domineering)
erőszakos adj (overly bossy or domineering)
fennhéjázó adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Interlingua

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imperiose adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Irish

4 entries

anúdarásach adj (overly bossy or domineering)
forbhríoch adj (overly bossy or domineering)
iomarcach adj (overly bossy or domineering)
stróinéiseach adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Latin

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imperiōsus adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Māori

3 entries

hākiki adj (overly bossy or domineering)
ngarengare adj (overly bossy or domineering)
tuanui adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Polish

1 entries

arogancki adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Portuguese

2 entries

arrogante adj (overly bossy or domineering)
prepotente adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Russian

1 entries

вла́стный adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Spanish

4 entries

despótico adj (overly bossy or domineering)
dominante adj (overly bossy or domineering)
imperioso adj (overly bossy or domineering)
oprimente adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Swedish

1 entries

högdragen adj (overly bossy or domineering)

Sample sentences

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His overbearing manner infuriates me.

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I find it difficult to put up with him as he's such an overbearing control freak!

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Tom can be overbearing, but he's a generous man.

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I feel an overbearing emptiness inside of me.

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