overbearing

Definitions

Unpleasantly overpowering or domineering in manner.

Exerting an overwhelming or oppressive influence.

Examples

His overbearing personality made it difficult for his colleagues to share their own ideas during meetings.

She found her mother's overbearing concern for her safety to be quite suffocating at times.

The manager's overbearing leadership style caused morale in the office to plummet.

Synonyms

domineering authoritarian bossy imperious dictatorial tyrannical autocratic

Antonyms

submissive meek humble deferential compliant unobtrusive modest