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overbearing
adjective as in arrogant, domineering
Example Sentences
In 2020 American Compass defended organized labor as a means for combating big government, writing: “We prefer the private ordering of bargains between workers and management to overbearing dictates from Washington.”
Even trying her best to empathize, she’s overbearing.
In the cocktail of their marriage, he adds the bitterness and she adds the spice, qualities that can be either overbearing or harmonious.
He told jurors he could sometimes be "overbearing", but claimed that was just his "direct Yorkshire style".
"Whatever your view of the hate speech vs freedom of speech issues, an overbearing government minister doesn't help anyone," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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