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(o-ver-bear-ing) 4 syllables

Definition

adjective. excessively bossy or controlling towards others.

Example Sentence

She has an overbearing personality.

More Example Sentences

She found her overbearing boss very difficult.

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Rhymes

  • airing
  • baring
  • bearing
  • behring
  • bering
  • blaring
  • caring
  • chairing
  • daring
  • derring
  • erring
  • fehring
  • flaring
  • garing
  • gehring
  • glaring
  • haring
  • herring
  • maring
  • mehring
  • nehring
  • pairing
  • paring
  • scaring
  • schering
  • sharing
  • snaring
  • sparing
  • squaring
  • staring
  • swearing
  • tearing
  • wareing
  • waring
  • wearing
  • zaring
  • zehring
  • zeringue

  • comparing
  • declaring
  • despairing
  • impairing
  • preparing
  • repairing
  • uncaring
  • unsparing

  • overbearing
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