overbearing
adjective
- bossy, controlling
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English overbear English -ing English overbearing From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing.
- Overly bossy, domineering, arrogant, forceful, intense, or annoying.
“In the same year, 1844, negotiations were begun to strengthen the North Union's position by an amalgamation with the Liverpool & Manchester and Grand Junction companies, but at the eleventh hour the shareholders took exception to the rather overbearing ways of the Grand Junction, and backed out.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English overbear English -ing English overbearing From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of overbear