Translations for „overbearing“ in the English » German Dictionary

over·ˈbear·ing ADJ pej

overbearing (arrogant)

anmaßend

overbearing (arrogant)

arrogant

overbearing (authoritative)

herrisch

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English

Many liberal critics said he was a brow-beater, badgerer, insolent, overbearing, intolerant, and even vicious.

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Its tragic heroine is a young woman forced to marry her sickly, sniveling cousin, the son of the overbearing aunt who raised her.

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He is terrifying, overbearing and diabolical by nature.

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His subordinates are already unhappy with him because of his overbearing demands.

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She married early to leave her father's overbearing financial control.

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Not overbearing on distortion, his sound possesses a unique crunch, and is often seen as spacey.

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The result is a curiously indigestible phenomenon, like being forced to eat five courses of avocado by an overbearing dinner-party host.

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This approach is meant to ensure that the unconscious contents express themselves without overbearing influence from the conscious mind.

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The work had its detractors, with some writers criticising it for repulsive pedantry and overbearing assertions, as well as incorrect citations to works that were later discredited.

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The distinctive pong of "the most recognizable odor imaginable, appetizing and overbearing at the same time" -- calamine lotion -- also makes a cameo.

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