Definition of domineer
: to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
: to tyrannize over
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There is also rebellion in the way Moll cultivates this new romance, aimed at her domineering mother (Geraldine James).
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Trump is domineering his strategy regarding the expanding investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, in effect acting as his own lawyer.
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Fiery orange azaleas shout out among the domineering rhododendrons.
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Kaleidoscope: Toby Jones stars as a mild-mannered man just released from prison who can't escape his domineering mother.
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This version of the Cinderella story sets the gentle, patient heroine against the comic grotesqueries of her domineering stepmother and twit-like stepsisters.
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There’s also his father, played as an abusive, domineering patriarch by Bruce Dern.
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Orban's government exercises subtle yet domineering control over the judiciary and the media.
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Projecting strength, control and power, whether as a New York developer or domineering reality television host, has always been vital to Mr. Trump.
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Origin and Etymology of domineer
Dutch domineren, from French dominer, from Latin dominari
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First Known Use: 1591
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
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