Domineering
[dɒmɪ'nɪərɪŋ] or ['dɑmə'nɪrɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Domineer
(a.) Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
Checker: Prudence
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ARROGANT]
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Examples
- 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.
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