domineering
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adjective \-Ënir-iĊ\Definition of DOMINEERING
: inclined to exercise arbitrary and overbearing control over others
â dom·i·neer·ing·ly adverb
â dom·i·neer·ing·ness noun
See Examples of DOMINEERING
- <the younger children in the family were controlled by a domineering older sister>
First Known Use of DOMINEERING
1588
Related to DOMINEERING
- Synonyms
- authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, bossy, imperious, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous
See Synonym Discussion at masterful
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