overbearing, adj.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
expecting unquestioning obedience
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
authoritarian dictatorial overbearing
sample sentences
"the timid child of authoritarian parents""insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
disdainful haughty imperious lordly overbearing prideful sniffy supercilious swaggering
sample sentences
"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines""haughty aristocrats"
"his lordly manners were offensive"
"walked with a prideful swagger"
"very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
"a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to