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domineering

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a.
   Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.

         A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw.
                                                  Mag.

   Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See {Imperious}. --
        {Dom`i*neer"ing*ly}, adv.

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.

         Go to the feast, revel and domineer.     --Shak.

         His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at
         home.                                    --Prior.

Source : WordNet®

domineering
     adj : tending to domineer [ant: {submissive}]
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