overbearing

/,ouvə'beəriɳ/
Adjective
  1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
    • haughty aristocrats
    • his lordly manners were offensive
    • walked with a prideful swagger
    • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
    • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
    • a more swaggering mood than usual- W.L.Shirer
  2. expecting unquestioning obedience
    • the timid child of authoritarian parents
    • insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter

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