overbearing
adjectiveTrying to dominate others in an excessively forceful or arrogant way.
Excessively domineering
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Clear all filtersTrying to dominate others in an excessively forceful or arrogant way.
Excessively domineering
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Showing an exaggerated sense of one's importance or superiority.
Overconfident of superiority
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The outward manner in which someone behaves toward others.
Confusion about one's surroundings, direction, time, or circumstances.
Trying to control others in an overbearing or arbitrary way.
Overbearingly controlling
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Directly relevant to the matter being discussed.
Using power without proper regard for other people's rights or concerns.
Disregarding others' rights
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Domineering and expecting immediate obedience.
A possible consequence or a meaning suggested without being stated directly.
Suggested meaning
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Not connected with or useful to the matter being considered.
Not bearing on the matter
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Less strict or severe in judgment, discipline, or enforcement.
Very high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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Preoccupied with judging conduct by moral rules, often in a self-righteous or overbearing way.
Overly judgmental about morals
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Direct relevance to the subject being considered.
Relevant to the subject or situation.
Pompous and dogmatic in expressing an opinion.
A useful or meaningful connection with the matter under consideration.
Having or displaying an exaggerated sense of one's own significance.
Inflated sense of importance
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Enduring discomfort or adversity without outward complaint.
Exercising power in a harsh, oppressive, or arbitrary way.
Harsh exercise of power
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