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| Main Entry: | overbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, domineering |
| Synonyms: | ascendant, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty*, high-handed*, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, officious, oppressive, overweening, paramount, peremptory, predominant, preponderant, prevalent, proud, regnant, sniffy, snotty*, sovereign, stuffy, supercilious, superior, tyrannical, uppity* |
| Antonyms: | kind, modest, nice, unassertive |
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| Main Entry: | arrogant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance. |
| Synonyms: | haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, overweening, prideful, proud, supercilious, superior |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | dictatorial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Tending to dictate. |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, bossy, dogmatic, domineering, imperious, magisterial, masterful, peremptory |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | overbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, bullying, cavalier, compelling, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, dogmatical, dominant, domineering, egotistical, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperious, insolent, insupportable, lordly, magisterial, masterful, overpowering, overweening, peremptory, pompous, proud, supercilious, superior |
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