Domineer
[,dɒmɪ'nɪə]
Definition
(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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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Rule (tyrannically or haughtily), tyrannize, swell, swagger, bluster, bully, vapor, lord it, play the bully, take the lead, rule the roast, ride a high horse, lay down the law, carry it with a high hand.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lord, tyrannize, assume, usurp
ANT:Submit, succumb, defer, yield, bow, patronize
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Definition
v.i. to rule arbitrarily: to command haughtily: to be overbearing.—adj. Domineer′ing overbearing.
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Examples
- The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There was a faint domineering smile on his face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She said you were domineering and rude. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They say that Glorvina gives herself airs and that Peggy herself is intolerably domineering. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Their domineering impulses find satisfaction in conquering things, in subjecting brute forces to human purposes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She has been domineered over hitherto by vulgar intellects. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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