'Domineering' definitions:
Definition of 'domineering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to domineer [ant: submissive]
Definition of 'Domineering'
From: GCIDE
- Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered; p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Domineering'
From: GCIDE
- Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. [1913 Webster]
- A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag.
- Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'domineering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- arbitrariness,
- arbitrary,
- argumentum baculinum,
- aristocratic,
- arrogance,
- arrogant,
- arrogantness,
- assumption of superiority,
- authoritarian,
- authoritarianism,
- authoritative,
- authoritativeness,
- autocratic,
- autocraticalness,
- big,
- big stick,
- bossism,
- bossy,
- condescendence,
- condescending,
- condescension,
- despotic,
- despotism,
- dictatorial,
- domination,
- domineeringness,
- fascism,
- feudal,
- grinding,
- hard,
- harsh,
- haughtiness,
- haughty,
- haughty airs,
- hauteur,
- heavy hand,
- high and mighty,
- high hand,
- high horse,
- high-faluting,
- high-flown,
- high-handed,
- high-headed,
- high-nosed,
- hoity-toitiness,
- hoity-toity,
- imperative,
- imperativeness,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- imperiousness,
- insolent,
- iron boot,
- iron hand,
- iron heel,
- loftiness,
- lofty,
- lordliness,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- magisterialness,
- magistral,
- magistrality,
- masterful,
- masterfulness,
- monocratic,
- officious,
- Olympian detachment,
- Olympian loftiness,
- oppression,
- oppressive,
- overbearance,
- overbearing,
- overbearing pride,
- overbearingness,
- overruling,
- overweening pride,
- patronization,
- patronizing,
- patronizing attitude,
- peremptoriness,
- peremptory,
- pride,
- proud,
- proudness,
- purse-pride,
- purse-proud,
- pushy,
- reign of terror,
- repressive,
- severe,
- side,
- stiff-necked pride,
- strict,
- stuck-up,
- superbia,
- superior,
- suppressive,
- terrorism,
- thought control,
- toploftiness,
- toplofty,
- tough,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannicalness,
- tyrannous,
- tyranny,
- uppish,
- uppishness,
- uppity,
- uppityness,
- upstage
Words containing 'Domineering'
- Dominance,
- Dominancy,
- Dominant,
- Dominate,
- Dominated,
- Dominating,
- Domination,
- Dominative,
- Dominator,
- Domineer,
- Domineered,
- Domineeringly,
- Dominical,
- domine,
- dominic,
- Dominant chord,
- Dominant estate,
- Dominant owner,
- Dominant tenement,
- Dominical altar,
- Dominical letter,
- dominant allele,
- dominant gene,
- saint dominic,
- st. dominic,
- autosomal dominant disease,
- autosomal dominant disorder,
- x-linked dominant inheritance