The word
"overbearing" means someone who is bossy, dominant, or controlling in a way that can be considered excessive or oppressive.
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Children of
overbearing mothers may develop severe insecurities which may lead to eating disorders and self injuring behaviors in adolescence or adulthood.
YA / Mature Readers: Particularly compelling for kids
with overbearing parents; a few graphic sex fantasies.
This is a time of rebellion and adolescents with
overbearing fathers may engage in even more risky behaviors than average adolescents.
It's not
too overbearing when held with both hands though and the circular power / lock key is easy to find at the top of the right edge.
While the embellishment was at a peak, it never became too
overbearing in part due to the styling which included a thin white belt, Lorraine Schwartz jewels and poppy - red Christian Louboutin heels.
To give it credit, it's not
as overbearing as in the sequels; in Herbie Rides Again, for instance, the headlamps actually swivel like eyes.
EVERY SINGLE HAPPY PERSON I KNOW is happy because of independent choices — not predetermined plans foisted upon them by
overbearing parents.
Rather than a single wall - hung design, two round mirrors are propped on the mantelpiece, adding to the quirky, distinctive mood created by the wallpaper and preventing its pattern
from overbearing by offering a view of the white ceiling and chandelier.
The rose drop earrings play up the black in the look which prevents the jeweled elements from
becoming overbearing.
Furthermore, the aggressively
overbearing score of dreary, atonal classical music seems at odds with a lot of what Lanthimos is doing.
That is because Duncan is an introverted teenager who is forced to put up with his mother's (Toni Collette)
overbearing boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), a man who is constantly trying too hard to act like a father figure towards Duncan but ends up being much more condescending than affectionate.
Even if one knows nothing about (or cares nothing for) the fashion industry, many of us have had
overbearing bosses who made outrageous demands, which makes the film more relatable.
Vlade, in fact, can be a
bit overbearing on the subject of marriage — as he is when his close friend and business associate Vuja Jovic, who is divorced, stops by for lunch.
The ideal skirts for women, found in this Sophie & Trey collection, are bound to be cute
without overbearing on your looks.
While I like using the Garnier SkinActive Clearly Brighter Anti-Sun Damage Daily Moisturizer SPF 30, the scent was a
little overbearing for me.
Many people pick reds that are reminiscent of their favorite lipstick or nail polish color, but these colors tend to
feel overbearing on walls.
The high - principled Southern delegations, full of complaints
about overbearing attitudes in the rich world, attracted flack from North Americans.
Underscoring practically every moment is the score by Elmer Bernstein, which is always obvious but
never overbearing in the slightest; it's a perfect fit.
Cramer saw this one - sided war on Amazon as a big problem for the market given FANG's almost
overbearing influence on stocks.
While teachers, principals, and school administrators often wish that parents were more involved in the school community, a minority of over-supportive and
sometimes overbearing parents can actually get in the way of student progress.
More seriously, I worry Microsoft will continue its habit of integrating DLC cars and expansions in
overbearing ways (Forza Horizon 2 went as far as playing an in - game trailer for its Storm Island expansion.)
Plus those little pearl - shaped grains are super fluffy and not too
overbearing when added to any dish.
Instead, Carraway finds himself figuratively and literally in the middle of the opulence and self - indulgence of his neighbor Gatsby on one side, and on the other side his cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan) and her racist,
overbearing husband Tom (Joel Edgerton), who is indiscreetly having an affair with Myrtle Wilson (Ilsa Fisher), the wife of sad, oblivious mechanic, George Wilson (Jason Clarke).
If so many Christians had not been
so overbearing for so many hundreds of years, There would be very little controversy over religion.
Pros: Great control system that manages to pack in a dizzying array of weapons and abilities, and not
seem overbearing.
But listing agents may use
overbearing behavior to induce buyers not to work with their contracted agents.
The intimacy is
almost overbearing from the opening scene, in which our couple burst into an apartment, strip off and have urgent sex on the floor.
Nora Senior, president of the British Chambers of Commerce, said there was no need for «
overbearing government regulation» and called on business to «step up to the task of nurturing the pipeline of women at middle management level on to executive teams».
All the while, James Horner's
most overbearing score since The Perfect Storm blares in the backdrop, making sure we understand how heroic the characters are and how grand the battle is.
Beginning with a look at the first section of Whitman's poem «Song of Myself» — and good - naturedly recognizing Whitman's seemingly
overbearing personality — New acknowledged the interesting case that a poem about the self also raises the issue of what she calls the «problem of other people.»
That sets Frances searching, somewhat desperately, for new digs, and she embarks on a series of short - term accommodation misadventures, endeavoring to regain her balance while baffling new acquaintances with her pattern of speech — random riffs about being and nothingness that often veer into insensitive and possibly inappropriate subjects — and somewhat
overbearing manner.
I would argue that the whole of the education, skills and lifelong learning agenda should be under one secretary of state and, therefore, one department: a department that offered support rather than
overbearing control from the centre and that valued a broad - based education over ideology and dogma.
Crisp, elegant exterior design gives Tribeca a strong road presence without relying on
overbearing styling elements.
The wide center stack and console struck us as
somewhat overbearing, especially swathed in the C63's glossy expanse of carbon fiber.
Granted, it could all get a little too
overbearing if Google isn't judicious about what Google Home delivers, so there needs to be a balance between what's useful and what's overkill.
The pastor, years before, had left a very legalistic and dogmatic denomination and started our faith community with good intentions: where the Holy Spirit would be free to move and teach everyone without the constraints of tradition, rigid structures or
overbearing rules.
If Frank Stella's ambition and insatiable visual voracity were exhilarating at first, the paintings»
often overbearing size and physicality also left the viewer, time and again, with the unsettling feeling of being wrestled to the ground.
Feminist, humanist, revisionist, and unafraid to draw parallels to contemporary experience without
getting overbearing, Meek's Cutoff packs quite a wallop into its compact story.
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