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overbearing
adjective
Expecting unquestioning obedience
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adjective
Expecting unquestioning obedience
“The timid child of authoritarian parents”
adjective
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”
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The timid child of authoritarian parents
Insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
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
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