officiousadjective
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əs/us/əˈfɪʃ.əs/disapprovingtoo 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.
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- behest
- boss
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- charge
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- dun
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
- steamroller
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Showing arrogance and conceit
officiously
adverb uk/əˈfɪʃ.əs.li/us/əˈfɪʃ.əs.li/
officiousness
noun [ U ] uk/əˈfɪʃ.əs.nəs/us/əˈfɪʃ.əs.nəs/