Overbearing
adjective
Being aggressive or threatening, trying to control others.
She was an overbearing boss who often angered her staff.
Often appears as...
- overbearing personality
- overbearing boss
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Disapproving
adjective
Significantly large or important, impressive in a negative way.
The overbearing skyscraper dwarfed all the surrounding buildings.
Often appears as...
- overbearing building
- overbearing structure
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Neutral
adjective
Being aggressive or threatening, trying to control others.
She was an overbearing boss who often angered her staff.
Often appears as...
- overbearing personality
- overbearing boss
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Disapproving
adjective
Significantly large or important, impressive in a negative way.
The overbearing skyscraper dwarfed all the surrounding buildings.
Often appears as...
- overbearing building
- overbearing structure
Usage tips
Neutral
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies that someone is too controlling and unpleasant.
His overbearing manner made everyone avoid him.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Can suggest feelings of oppression or stress when dealing with such personalities.
Having an overbearing partner can be emotionally exhausting.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority Figures
Commonly used to describe persons in power who misuse their position.
The overbearing officer made unfair demands.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies that someone is too controlling and unpleasant.
His overbearing manner made everyone avoid him.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Can suggest feelings of oppression or stress when dealing with such personalities.
Having an overbearing partner can be emotionally exhausting.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority Figures
Commonly used to describe persons in power who misuse their position.
The overbearing officer made unfair demands.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies that someone is too controlling and unpleasant.
His overbearing manner made everyone avoid him.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Can suggest feelings of oppression or stress when dealing with such personalities.
Having an overbearing partner can be emotionally exhausting.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority Figures
Commonly used to describe persons in power who misuse their position.
The overbearing officer made unfair demands.
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Colin Grant: The son of...
towards authority, and these Caribbean people had an overbearing obedience towards authority, which is very striking, very strange in a way, because migrants are very courageous people. They leave their homes. My father and my mother
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Colin Grant: The son of...
towards authority, and these Caribbean people had an overbearing obedience towards authority, which is very striking, very strange in a way, because migrants are very courageous people. They leave their homes. My father and my mother
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Brooke Shields
American Actress
I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.
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Julia Davis
English Comedian
I just find it funny and terrible: someone being very rude and overbearing over somebody who doesn't know how to deal with it. Maybe it's because I've experienced that sort of thing and I don't know how to say, 'You can't do that. You can't say that to me.
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Sascha Radetsky
American Dancer
People come and go, and I've certainly had experiences with overbearing figures and conflicts here and there, but for the most part I've found the dance community to be really supportive and I've formed some lifelong bonds, like with Ethan.
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Paul Rodgers
English Musician
I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight. Something simple and understandable that people can relate their own everyday experiences to.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
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Kristy Swanson
American Actress
I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.
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Omar Epps
American Actor
A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.
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Dove Cameron
American Actress
I have a lot of affection to give, and sometimes I'm a little overbearing.
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Bono
Irish Singer
I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.
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Mike Conley Jr.
American Basketball Player
I'm not a guy that's going to be overbearing at all.
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Brooke Shields
American Actress
I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.
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Julia Davis
English Comedian
I just find it funny and terrible: someone being very rude and overbearing over somebody who doesn't know how to deal with it. Maybe it's because I've experienced that sort of thing and I don't know how to say, 'You can't do that. You can't say that to me.
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Sascha Radetsky
American Dancer
People come and go, and I've certainly had experiences with overbearing figures and conflicts here and there, but for the most part I've found the dance community to be really supportive and I've formed some lifelong bonds, like with Ethan.
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Paul Rodgers
English Musician
I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight. Something simple and understandable that people can relate their own everyday experiences to.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
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Kristy Swanson
American Actress
I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.
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Omar Epps
American Actor
A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.
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Dove Cameron
American Actress
I have a lot of affection to give, and sometimes I'm a little overbearing.
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Bono
Irish Singer
I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.
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Mike Conley Jr.
American Basketball Player
I'm not a guy that's going to be overbearing at all.
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