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Domineering definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOMINEERING, ppr.
1. Ruling over with insolence; blustering; manifesting haughty superiority.
2. a. Overbearing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: tending to domineer [ant: submissive]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1588 inclined to exercise arbitrary and overbearing control over others Synonyms: see masterful • domineeringly adverb • domineeringness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Domineering Dom`i*neer"ing, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag. Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Domineer Dom`i*neer", v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered; p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone is domineering, you disapprove of them because you feel that they try to control other people without any consideration for their feelings or opinions. Mick was stubborn and domineering with a very bad temper... = overbearing ADJ [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

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