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[syn: imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
overbearingness
n 1: the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn:
imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness]