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# overbearing

«overbearing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **so bossy and proud that you push other people around and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Overbearing means so bossy and proud that you push other people around and will not let them have any say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overbearing/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Proverbs says that proud, bossy speech does not suit a fool, and that a scorner is a person full of overbearing pride. Interpretation: Tradition counts pride as a grave fault, and teaches that humility is a root of good character. In the primary lessons: in stories a proud queen or stepmother is overbearing towards the people who serve her

### examples

- Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince. (Writings PRO.17.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overbearing/#x1)
- A proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride. (Writings PRO.21.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overbearing/#x2)
- His new wife was beautiful but so proud and overbearing that she could not stand any rival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overbearing/#x3)
- Dad is not overbearing; he lets us choose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overbearing/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.483/)
- [A proud and haughty man, scorner is his name, even he that dealeth in overbearing pride.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.612/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overbearing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overbearing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.