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What is the adjective for overbearingly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb overbear which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

overbore
  1. (firearms) Relating to the situation where the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is more than the volume within the barrel.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Now, one of the explanations that she gave is that he overbore her and forced her into making some of these admissions.”
      “It was his love that urged him on, his love that overbore his scruples, his gravest apprehensions.”
      “These are the fellows who outflouted and overbore us at the Inn of the Coronation.”
overbearing
  1. Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Wilhemina is a rising surgeon who begrudgingly meets and greets inept blind dates to appease her overbearing mother.”
      “The overbearing principle is that the depth of the drum predominantly affects the timbre of the sound.”
      “Ebert became more overbearing in his demands for a full parliamentarization of the government.”
overbored
  1. Synonym of overbore
overborne
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