ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overmasterful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈəʊvəˈmæstɚfəl/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Overmasterful is an adjective meaning (rare) Overly masterful; having excessive mastery.

Meaning

(rare) Overly masterful; having excessive mastery.

Example Sentences

This is a reason why he may seem sometimes intolerant or overmasterful.
The simple truth is that in the dreadful muddle of the French military interests, the German strategy was daringly overmasterful.
And when the bricks cease to satisfy his creative instincts — wood, hammer and nails; clay, pencil, brush and paper, are given, is good; we try to satisfy him; and both desire and capacity grow through use. But the lad is overmasterful.
The cold, frosty fact, seemingly not imderstood by most men, is that erratic, excitable or overmasterful women are suffering from some defect of organism, and that the women to whom the woman's programme doesn't appeal, simply have not the blood and nerve to enjoy it.

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Related dictionary entries include overmastering, overpowerful, overpowered, overpowering, overweening, overbearing.

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