Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing. synonym: dictatorial.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Overbearing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
domineer . - adjective
overbearing ,dictatorial orauthoritarian
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to domineer
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word domineering.
Examples
-
Similarly, 'to domineer' is a verb, and the word domineering comes from that.
Personal: On Blogging and the word 'domineering' Chirayu 2004
-
Similarly, 'to domineer' is a verb, and the word domineering comes from that.
Archive 2004-11-01 Chirayu 2004
-
The son claimed his relationship with his mother, whom he described as domineering, was poor even before he met his wife.
-
Even after Brotherhood youth helped oust former President Hosni Mubarak in a nearly three-week uprising in February, the 83-year-old organization has continued to operate as it always has, with what dissident members call a domineering, top-down leadership structure.
Young Brothers Rebel in Egypt Matt Bradley 2011
-
The only other portrayal of Jewish women at that time was the polar opposite of the belle juive, namely the domineering, masculinized hag.
Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America. 2009
-
He has been described as the domineering disciplinarian who set her straight.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010
-
An intelligent, take-charge, in-your-face, dominant not "domineering" man is not sexist.
-
Chris Matthews will find Michelle Obama just a bit "domineering," you know?
-
Yet people on TV will call you "domineering" because you're an outspoken woman.
-
But her body-language seems to go beyond that into "domineering" posture, which turns me off without regard to gender or creed.
Weird twitches jhetley 2008
tbtabby commented on the word domineering
Shakespeare adapted this word into English from the Dutch verb "domineren."
Love's Labor Lost, Act 3, Scene 1:
"A domineering pedant o'er the boy."
September 2, 2009