Overbearing vs. Patronizing

Overbearingadjective

Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.

Patronizingadjective

offensively condescending

Overbearingadjective

Overpowering; subduing; repressing.

Patronizingverb

present participle of patronize

Overbearingadjective

Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.

Patronizingadjective

Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.

Overbearingadjective

expecting unquestioning obedience;

‘he was imperious and dictatorial’; ‘the timid child of authoritarian parents’; ‘insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter’;

Patronizingadjective

(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

Overbearingadjective

unpleasantly overpowering

‘an overbearing, ill-tempered brute’;