Domineering

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Go to the feast, revel and domineer.     --Shak.
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           His wishes tend abroad to roam,
           And hers to domineer at home.            --Prior.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a.
     Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
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           A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw.
                                                    Mag.
  
     Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. --
          {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  domineering
       adj : tending to domineer [ant: {submissive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  115 Moby Thesaurus words for "domineering":
     Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, absolute, absolutist,
     absolutistic, arbitrariness, arbitrary, argumentum baculinum,
     aristocratic, arrogance, arrogant, arrogantness,
     assumption of superiority, authoritarian, authoritarianism,
     authoritative, authoritativeness, autocratic, autocraticalness,
     big, big stick, bossism, bossy, condescendence, condescending,
     condescension, despotic, despotism, dictatorial, domination,
     domineeringness, fascism, feudal, grinding, hard, harsh,
     haughtiness, haughty, haughty airs, hauteur, heavy hand,
     high and mighty, high hand, high horse, high-faluting, high-flown,
     high-handed, high-headed, high-nosed, hoity-toitiness, hoity-toity,
     imperative, imperativeness, imperial, imperious, imperiousness,
     insolent, iron boot, iron hand, iron heel, loftiness, lofty,
     lordliness, lordly, magisterial, magisterialness, magistral,
     magistrality, masterful, masterfulness, monocratic, officious,
     oppression, oppressive, overbearance, overbearing,
     overbearing pride, overbearingness, overruling, overweening pride,
     patronization, patronizing, patronizing attitude, peremptoriness,
     peremptory, pride, proud, proudness, purse-pride, purse-proud,
     pushy, reign of terror, repressive, severe, side,
     stiff-necked pride, strict, stuck-up, superbia, superior,
     suppressive, terrorism, thought control, toploftiness, toplofty,
     tough, tyrannical, tyrannicalness, tyrannous, tyranny, uppish,
     uppishness, uppity, uppityness, upstage