officious
adjective /əˈfɪʃ.əs/ disapprovingDefinition
› too eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your own importance: He's an officious little man and widely disliked in the company.Giving orders and commandsShowing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting officiously /-li/ adverb officiousness /-nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of officious adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- arrogant adjective
- as if you owned the place idiom
- egotistic adjective
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty adjective
- high and mighty idiom
- high-flown adjective
- pompous adjective
- portentous adjective
- proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)
- proudly adverb
- put on the dog idiom
- think the (whole) world revolves around you idiom
- throw your weight around/about idiom
- tin god noun
- toffee-nosed adjective
- too big for your boots idiom
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