Overbearingness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overbearing \O`ver*bear"ing\, a.
     1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. --I. Watts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical;
        dictatorial; insolent.


        [1913 Webster] --{O`ver*bear"ing*ly}, adv. --
        {O`ver*bear"ing*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overbearingness
       n : the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn: {imperiousness},
            {domineeringness}]