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overbear
verb as in browbeat
verb as in bully
verb as in command
Strong matches
verb as in dominate
Strong matches
verb as in domineer
Strong matches
verb as in plume
verb as in preponderate
Strong matches
Example Sentences
But their marriage sours and her in-laws turn overbearing.
"I felt I was at sports day with the kids. Like a loving, overbearing mother, I was putting him off," Garraway noted to the cameras.
But though solidly directed by Elliott Nugent, it creaks under the weight of Hope’s overbearing presence, despite the fresh appeal of the underrated, and these days virtually forgotten, Goddard.
Unlike many bands, there's no imbalance of power, no overbearing personality hoovering up the oxygen.
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.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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