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Definition of overbearing

"overbearing" in the verb sense

1. overbear

overcome

"overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"

2. overbear

bear too much

3. bear down, overbear

contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

"overbearing" in the adjective sense

1. authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing

expecting unquestioning obedience

"the timid child of authoritarian parents"

"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

2. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering

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

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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overbearing in Scrabble®

The word overbearing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters overbearing:

OVERBEARING

(162)

OVERBEARING

(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (32 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word overbearing

OVERBEARING

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In overbearing

OVERBEARING

(162)

OVERBEARING

(162)

OVERBEARING

(108)

OVERBEARING

(108)

BRAVING

(102 = 52 + 50)

BRAVING

(101 = 51 + 50)

BRAVING

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VERBENA

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VEERING

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VINEGAR

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OVERAGE

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OVERAGE

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VEARING

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VINEGAR

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GRIEVER

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NERVIER

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NERVIER

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OVERRAN

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BRAVING

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REBEGIN

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GERBERA

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BRINGER

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OVERRAN

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NERVIER

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VEERING

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OVERAGE

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VINEGAR

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BRINGER

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VERBENA

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GERBERA

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VERBENA

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ENGRAVE

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VERBENA

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VERBENA

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VINEGAR

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VEARING

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AIRBORN

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REBEGAN

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ENGRAVE

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ENGRAVE

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BARRING

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REEVING

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VINEGAR

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OVERBEARING

(84)

VERBENA

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BRAVING

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GERBERA

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VEARING

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OVERRAN

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OVERRAN

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GERBERA

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OVERRAN

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REBEGAN

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REBEGAN

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overbearing in Words With Friends™

The word overbearing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters overbearing:

OVERBEARING

(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (32 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word overbearing

OVERBEARING

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In overbearing

OVERBEARING

(279)

OVERBEARING

(225)

OVERBEARING

(225)

OVERBEARING

(138)

OVERBEARING

(138)

BRAVING

(128 = 93 + 35)

BRAVING

(122 = 87 + 35)

VINEGAR

(119 = 84 + 35)

AVENGER

(119 = 84 + 35)

REEVING

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REAVING

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VERBENA

(116 = 81 + 35)

BRAVING

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BRAVING

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BEGONIA

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VERBENA

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ENGRAVE

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REAVING

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REEVING

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VEERING

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VEARING

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OVERAGE

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GRIEVER

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VERBENA

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VERBENA

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NERVIER

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VINEGAR

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AVENGER

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REEVING

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ENGRAVE

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VEARING

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NERVIER

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OVERRAN

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REAVING

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VEERING

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OVERAGE

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VERBENA

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OVERBEARING

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BRINGER

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BRAVING

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BRAVING

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GERBERA

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ENGRAVE

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VEARING

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OVERRAN

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NERVIER

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GERBERA

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REAVING

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AVENGER

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VINEGAR

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REEVING

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VEERING

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OVERBEARING

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OVERAGE

(98 = 63 + 35)

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BARRING

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BARRING

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AIRBORN

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BEARING

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BRINGER

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BRINGER

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GRIEVER

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AIRBORN

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ENROBER

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BEGONIA

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BOVINE

(96)

GERBERA

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REAVING

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VERBENA

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VERBENA

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IRONAGE

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ENGRAVE

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GERBERA

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REEVING

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VEERING

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GERBERA

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OVERBEARING

(93)

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BARRING

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BEGONIA

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BRINGER

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VERBENA

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BRINGER

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BEARING

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VERBENA

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OVERAGE

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OVERBEARING

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GRIEVER

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AIRBORN

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AIRBORN

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VEARING

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VINEGAR

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REIGNER

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NERVIER

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ENGRAVE

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RANGIER

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GERBERA

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VEERING

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REAVING

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VEERING

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ROARING

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OVERRAN

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RANGIER

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VINEGAR

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OVERBEARING

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OVERBEARING

(88)

GRIEVER

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BRINGER

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BEGONIA

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GOVERN

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Words within the letters of overbearing

2 letter words in overbearing (13 words)

ab ag ai an ar be en go in no on or re

3 letter words in overbearing (50 words)

age ago air are bag ban bar bee beg ben big bin boa bog bra ear ego eon era erg err eve gab gee gin gob ion ire nab nag nib nob nor oar one orb ore ova rag ran rev rib rig rob roe van vee via vie voe

4 letter words in overbearing (69 words)

5 letter words in overbearing (75 words)

6 letter words in overbearing (60 words)

7 letter words in overbearing (32 words)

8 letter words in overbearing (17 words)

airborne arboring averring barreing bravoing engraver graverob overbear overearn overgarb overgear reboring regainer regovern revering verbiage virogene

9 letter words in overbearing (2 words)

bereaving granivore

10 letter words in overbearing (1 word)

orebearing

11 letter words in overbearing (1 word)

overbearing

overbearing + 2 blanks (3 words)

overbearingly overbreathing verbigeration

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Words containing the sequence overbearing

Words that start with overbearing (3 words)

overbearing overbearingly overbearingness

Words with overbearing in them (1 word)

overbearing

Words that end with overbearing (1 word)

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Word Growth involving overbearing

Shorter words in overbearing

be bear bearing

ar ear bear bearing

in ring bearing

be bear overbear

ar ear bear overbear

over overbear

verb overbear

Longer words containing overbearing

overbearingly

overbearingness