Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overboss
Participle: overbossed
Gerund: overbossing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overboss |
| you | overboss |
| he;she;it | overbosses |
| we | overboss |
| you | overboss |
| they | overboss |
Perfect
| I | have overbossed |
| you | have overbossed |
| he;she;it | has overbossed |
| we | have overbossed |
| you | have overbossed |
| they | have overbossed |
Past
| I | overbossed |
| you | overbossed |
| he;she;it | overbossed |
| we | overbossed |
| you | overbossed |
| they | overbossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overbossed |
| you | had overbossed |
| he;she;it | had overbossed |
| we | had overbossed |
| you | had overbossed |
| they | had overbossed |
Future
| I | will overboss |
| you | will overboss |
| he;she;it | will overboss |
| we | will overboss |
| you | will overboss |
| they | will overboss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overbossed |
| you | will have overbossed |
| he;she;it | will have overbossed |
| we | will have overbossed |
| you | will have overbossed |
| they | will have overbossed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overboss |
| you | overboss |
| he;she;it | overboss |
| we | overboss |
| you | overboss |
| they | overboss |
Perfect
| I | have overbossed |
| you | have overbossed |
| he;she;it | have overbossed |
| we | have overbossed |
| you | have overbossed |
| they | have overbossed |
Imperfect
| I | overbossed |
| you | overbossed |
| he;she;it | overbossed |
| we | overbossed |
| you | overbossed |
| they | overbossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overbossed |
| you | had overbossed |
| he;she;it | had overbossed |
| we | had overbossed |
| you | had overbossed |
| they | had overbossed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overboss |
| you | would overboss |
| he;she;it | would overboss |
| we | would overboss |
| you | would overboss |
| they | would overboss |
Perfect
| I | would have overbossed |
| you | would have overbossed |
| he;she;it | would have overbossed |
| we | would have overbossed |
| you | would have overbossed |
| they | would have overbossed |
Imperative
| you | overboss |
| we | Let's overboss |
| you | overboss |
Verbs conjugated like 'overboss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overboss'
overdoss,
overbias,
overbody,
overboil,
overbook,
overboost,
overbow,
overbusy,
overcross,
overdose,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + boss.
Sample Sentences
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Those who refuse to take responsibility argue that what ails people is that they are, or have been, overbossed, and not left enough on their own to develop their natural good nature. [1953, Rhoda Kellogg, Babies need fathers, too, page 191:]
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Both nursing and nonnursing students viewed nurses as respected and hardworking; however, more of the nonnursing than nursing students considered nurses to be overbossed and to have little chance for advancement or independent thinking. [1975, Helen S. Astin, Allison Parelman, Anne E. Fisher, Sex Roles: A Research Bibliography, page 252:]
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Either they‟re overbossed or underbossed. Either the father tells them when to breathe, or he ignores them. [2006, Mary Edwards Wertsch, Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress, →ISBN:]