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Webster 1913 Edition


Domineering

Domˊi-neer′ing

,
Adj.
Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
Syn. – Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See
Imperious
.
Domˊi-neer′ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Domineering

DOMINEERING

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

Definition 2024


domineering

domineering

English

Verb

domineering

  1. present participle of domineer

Adjective

domineering (comparative more domineering, superlative most domineering)

  1. overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

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Noun

domineering (plural domineerings)

  1. The act of one who domineers.
    • Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
      In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.