disapproval An overbearing person tries to make other people do what he or she wants in an unpleasant and forceful way. My husband can be quite overbearing with our son. = domineering. always trying to control other people without considering their wishes or feelings = domineering
expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"