Brooke Shields

I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

American Actress

Julia Davis

I just find it funny and terrible: someone being very rude and overbearing over somebody who doesn't know how to deal with it. Maybe it's because I've experienced that sort of thing and I don't know how to say, 'You can't do that. You can't say that to me.

English Comedian

Sascha Radetsky

People come and go, and I've certainly had experiences with overbearing figures and conflicts here and there, but for the most part I've found the dance community to be really supportive and I've formed some lifelong bonds, like with Ethan.

American Dancer

Paul Rodgers

I don't like lyrics to be overbearing. I like them to say something. But I'm not trying to change the world overnight. Something simple and understandable that people can relate their own everyday experiences to.

English Musician

Lady Gaga

Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.

American Singer

Kristy Swanson

I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.

Omar Epps

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

American Actor

Dove Cameron

I have a lot of affection to give, and sometimes I'm a little overbearing.

Bono

I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.

Irish Singer

Mike Conley Jr.

I'm not a guy that's going to be overbearing at all.

American Basketball Player

Often implies that someone is too controlling and unpleasant.

Negative Connotation

Can suggest feelings of oppression or stress when dealing with such personalities.

Emotional Impact

Commonly used to describe persons in power who misuse their position.

Authority Figures

Refers to something so large or prominent, it dominates its surroundings.

Physical Dominance

Signifies something impressive but possibly overwhelming or negative.

Not Always Positive

Compare the overbearing object to others to emphasize its size.

Scale Comparison

 towards authority, and these Caribbean people had an overbearing obedience towards authority, which is very striking, very strange in a way, because migrants are very courageous people. They leave their homes. My father and my mother

Overbearing