Overbearing \O`ver*bear"ing\, a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. --I. Watts. 2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. --{O`ver*bear"ing*ly}, adv. -- {O`ver*bear"ing*ness}, n.
overbearingness n : the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn: {imperiousness}, {domineeringness}]