O·ver·bear·ing, a.
1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing.
2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.
--O*ver*bear*ing*ly, adv. -- O*ver*bear*ing*ness, n.
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overbearingness
n : the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn: imperiousness,
domineeringness]