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adjective
- 1. asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way: "how can I do my job with a domineering boss yelling in my ear?"
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DOMINEERING definition: 1. trying to control other people without thinking about their feelings: 2. trying to control…. Learn more.
trying to control other people without thinking about their feelings: I thought he was arrogant and domineering. Opposites. slavish disapproving. submissive. subservient disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Controlling and being in charge. aggrandize. assert your authority. assume. assumption. authoritative. cynical.
adjective. If you say that someone is domineering, you disapprove of them because you feel that they try to control other people without any consideration for their feelings or opinions. [disapproval] Mick was stubborn and domineering with a very bad temper. She is not a domineering mother.
Definition of domineering adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DOMINEERING definition: trying to control people too much: . Learn more.
The meaning of DOMINEERING is inclined to exercise arbitrary and overbearing control over others. How to use domineering in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Domineering.
Domineering describes a person who is arrogant and bossy, like a military dictator or a supervisor who micromanages everyone at work. People who are strong-willed and overbearing can be described as domineering, like customers in a restaurant who demand things with snappy fingers.
Domineering definition: inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical. See examples of DOMINEERING used in a sentence.
domineering. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dom‧i‧neer‧ing /ˌdɒməˈnɪərɪŋ $ ˌdɑːməˈnɪr-/ adjective someone who is domineering tries to control other people without considering their feelings or ideas – used to show disapproval a domineering mother —domineer verb [ intransitive] Examples from the Corpus ...
If you say that someone is domineering, you disapprove of them because you feel that they try to control other people without any consideration for their feelings or opinions.
