· overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"

Hypernym(s): dominate

· bear too much

Hypernym(s): bear, turn_out

· contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

Synonym(s): bear_down

Hypernym(s): compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

· expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

Synonym(s): authoritarian, dictatorial

· having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "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"- W.L.Shirer

Synonym(s): disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering