English > domineering: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | tending to domineer. |
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| Narrower | authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing | Expecting unquestioning obedience |
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| autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power |
| blustery, bullying | noisily domineering |
| cavalier, high-handed | given to haughty disregard of others |
| heavy-handed, roughshod | unjustly domineering |
| oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous | marked by unjust / unjust / unjust severity or arbitrary behavior |
| See also | immodest | Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc |
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| Opposite | submissive | Inclined or willing / willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination |
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| Spanish | dominante |
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| Nouns | domineeringness | the trait of being imperious and overbearing |
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| Adverbs | domineeringly | in a domineering manner |
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