Usually means: Assertive control over others aggressively.
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  1. domineering: Merriam-Webster
  2. domineering: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. domineering: Collins English Dictionary
  4. domineering: Vocabulary.com
  5. domineering: Wordnik
  6. domineering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. domineering: Wiktionary
  8. domineering: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. domineering: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. domineering: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Domineering, domineering: Dictionary.com
  12. domineering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Domineering: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Domineering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. domineering: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. domineering: Rhymezone
  17. domineering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. domineering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. domineering: FreeDictionary.org
  20. domineering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. domineering: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. domineering: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Domineering: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

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▸ adjective:  Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
▸ noun:  The act of one who domineers.

Similar:
imperious, bossy, masterful, magisterial, overbearing, high-handed, autocratic, authoritarian, heavy-handed, cavalier, more...

Opposite:
submissive, passive, docile, meek, timid

Types:
bossy, controlling, manipulative, authoritarian, overbearing, tyrannical, oppressive, dictatorial, high-handed, more...

Phrases:
domineering woman, domineering intrusive meddlesome, domineering person, strong presence domineering eminent, domineering in a nice way, more...

Adjectives:
little, insolent, old, own, rough, meaner, same, french, brutal, such, populace

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Similar:
imperious, bossy, masterful, magisterial, overbearing, high-handed, autocratic, authoritarian, heavy-handed, cavalier, more...

Opposite:
submissive, passive, docile, meek, timid

Types:
bossy, controlling, manipulative, authoritarian, overbearing, tyrannical, oppressive, dictatorial, high-handed, more...

Phrases:
domineering woman, domineering intrusive meddlesome, domineering person, strong presence domineering eminent, domineering in a nice way, more...

Adjectives:
little, insolent, old, own, rough, meaner, same, french, brutal, such, populace

Colors:
    black,     dark red,     navy blue,     charcoal,     maroon, more...



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