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overbearing

adjective

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Trying to dominate others in an excessively forceful or arrogant way.

The overbearing chair interrupted every suggestion that differed from his own.
Dictionary practice example.
The overbearing supervisor insists on controlling every minor choice and treats reasonable questions as challenges to his importance.
From How People Yield to Pressure.
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