Adjective overbearing has 1 sense
- authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing - expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
Antonym: submissive (indirect, via domineering)
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Verb overbear has 3 senses
- overbear - overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"
--1 is one way to dominate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- overbear - bear too much
--2 is one way to bear, turn out
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- bear down, overbear - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
--3 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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