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overbearing

adjective C2
  1. Overly bossy, domineering, arrogant, forceful, intense, or annoying.
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Unfortunately an only son (for many years an only _child_), I was spoiled by my parents, who, though good themselves, (my father particularly, all that was benevolent and amiable,) allowed, encouraged, almost taught me to be selfish and overbearing, to care for none beyond my own family circle, to think meanly of all the rest of the world, to _wish_ at least to think meanly of their sense and worth compared with my own.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 348 · B2
It was amusing to me to see how the detective’s overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 65 · C1

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