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English to English adjective
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Overpowering; subduing; repressing. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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expecting unquestioning obedience | | Example: the timid child of authoritarian parents
insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
source: wordnet30
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | | Example: 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
his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
a more swaggering mood than usual
source: wordnet30
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