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domineering

[dom-uh-neer-ing]

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adjective

inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.

Origin:
1580–90; domineer + -ing²

Related forms

dom·i·neer·ing·ly, adverb

dom·i·neer·ing·ness, noun

non·dom·i·neer·ing, adjective

su·per·dom·i·neer·ing, adjective

un·dom·i·neer·ing, adjective

Synonyms
arrogant; despotic, oppressive.

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Example Sentences

It's a city populated largely by scheming, domineering women and wimpy, ineffectual men.

Yet in this book, this undeniably talented man of principle often comes across as a domineering bully.

They are forgiving and fun, yet incredibly frisky and domineering.

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It's a city populated largely by scheming, domineering women and wimpy, ineffectual men.

Yet in this book, this undeniably talented man of principle often comes across as a domineering bully.

They are forgiving and fun, yet incredibly frisky and domineering.

Written by a dog in disguise who's disgusted with domineering dog treats that purr, no doubt.

Wittgenstein was regarded as an austere, domineering genius who often destroyed students' ability to think for themselves.

He identified his father as being brutal, domineering and extremely demanding of the other three members of the family.

Weak boards get steam-rollered by domineering chief executives-or even by non-executive chairmen.

They are forgiving and fun, yet incredibly agile and domineering.

The personal tragedy of an alcoholic hemmed in by a domineering wife is the focus of this drama of hope lost and regained.

The buildings of his followers are more domineering.

They are forgiving and fun, yet unimaginably frisky and domineering.

The police said that she was bitterly angry at her domineering father and that she had hired the men to kill him.

They are forgiving and fun, yet unbelievably agile and domineering.

However, all of the daughters became rather strong and domineering themselves, with not a weak sister in the lot.

They are forgiving and fun, yet unbelievably frisky and domineering.

He had looked forward to soldiering, because he had seen the power it held over his domineering uncle.

He soon is trapped when his domineering mother/manager.

Coercion doesn't always come in the form of domineering parents.

He entertains them with copious vino and colorful stories of a childhood spent with a brutal, domineering father.

His domineering wife urges him to commit suicide and he does, saving his family from disgrace and ruin.

Together these domineering bodies of water give the city a honeyed mustiness, as well as a breeze that tempers the sapping.

In recent years she has developed a second career playing stereotypically domineering mothers with a good-hearted comic zest.

One man, afraid to confront his domineering wife, moved out with no prior warning and lived in his office for the next four years.

Aparo from the restrictions of a domineering parent.

Psychological problems stemming from domineering wives or a fear of intimacy accounted for a vast majority of the problems.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.

to tower; to tower over or above: The castle domineers the town.

Origin:
1585–95; < Dutch domineren < French dominer < Latin dominārī, equivalent to domin(us) lord + -ārī infinitive suffix

Can be confused: dominant, dominate, domineer (see synonym note at dominant).

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Collins

World English Dictionary

domineering (ˌdɒmɪˈnɪərɪŋ)

—*adj*
	acting with or showing arrogance or tyranny; imperious

domi'neeringly

—*adv*

domi'neeringness

—n

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Word Origin & History

domineer

1580s, from Du. domineren "to rule," from M.Fr. dominer, from L. dominari "to rule, 'lord' it over" (see domination). Shakespeare's usage is not the earliest in English. Related: Domineering.

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