overbearing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing.

An overbearing arrogance, which always communicates to the countenance an air of vulgarity, more or less, is a very prevailing trait. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
I would be glad to praise him, but he is so overbearing to those whom he considers his inferiors, that I am frequently ashamed of his manner of treating others." — Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes, Horatio, Jr. Alger
When they had been on the island a few weeks Christian became more gloomy and taciturn, and his conduct to the others grew more overbearing and unreasonable day by day. — The Red True Story Book, Unknown

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