Definition of Domineering

1. Adjective. Tending to domineer.


Definition of Domineering

1. a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.

Definition of Domineering

1. Verb. (present participle of domineer) ¹

2. Adjective. overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Domineering

1. domineer [v] - See also: domineer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Domineering

domination number
dominations
dominative
dominator
dominators
dominatour
dominatours
dominatrices
dominatrixes
dominatrixlike
domine
dominee
domineer
domineered
domineering
domineeringly
domineeringness
domineers
dominees
domines
doming
dominica
dominical
dominican republic
dominicide
dominicides
dominicker
dominickers
dominicks

Literary usage of Domineering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Manual of Method by Alfred Hezekiah Garlick (1896)
"Stubborn and Domineering.—This kind of crying is a striving for mastery. ... A child is fond of domineering. The checking of this arouses antagonism. ..."

2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"On Domineering Wives —"Satires." Now tell me, if thou canst not love a wife, Made thine by every tie, and thine for life, Why wed at all? ..."

3. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"He expects to subdue everybody by his domineering tone—to convince everybody by his positiveness. His manner of speaking is oppressive and overbearing. ..."

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