domineering
domineering is the present participle and gerund of domineer.
Meaning of domineer
Verb
domineer (third-person singular simple present domineers, present participle domineering, simple past and past participle domineered)
- To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to tyrannize.
Adjective
domineering (comparative more domineering, superlative most domineering)
- Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
- Synonyms:
- bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy, strong-willed, arbitrary, oppressive, regnant
Noun
domineering (plural domineerings)
- The act of one who domineers.
- In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
Synonyms of domineering
Antonyms
Forms of domineering
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more domineering |
| superlative | most domineering |
| Noun | |
| plural | domineerings |
Words formed from domineering
Questions about domineering
- What does domineering mean?
- Domineering means overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
- What is domineering the present participle and gerund of?
- Domineering is the present participle and gerund of domineer.
- What part of speech is domineering?
- Domineering can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near domineering in the dictionary
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