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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
- present participle of domineer
Adjective
domineering (comparative more domineering, superlative most domineering)
Synonyms
- bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy, strong-willed, arbitrary, oppressive, regnant
- See also Wikisaurus:bossy
Antonyms
Translations
overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
Noun
domineering (plural domineerings)
- 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.
- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick