as in authoritarian
fond of ordering people around
the younger children in the family were controlled by a domineering older sister
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Recent Examples of domineering
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
But if Shauna was this awful and domineering and scary in the teen timeline, why has she been treated like a normal housewife by her fellow survivors this whole time?
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
At times, the man, Cassidy, seems like a stereotypical philandering suburban husband—narcissistic, domineering, but convinced of his own good intentions.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Carrie is described as a reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Shot at Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Ill., The Breakfast Club saw five disparate archetypical high schoolers come together, form unforgettable bonds and go through adolescent growing pains during one Saturday detention under the watchful eye of a domineering principal.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
But if Shauna was this awful and domineering and scary in the teen timeline, why has she been treated like a normal housewife by her fellow survivors this whole time?
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
At times, the man, Cassidy, seems like a stereotypical philandering suburban husband—narcissistic, domineering, but convinced of his own good intentions.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Carrie is described as a reimagining of the story of misfit high-schooler Carrie White, who has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domineering
Adjective
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But this one rush job, HB 1205, was especially dear to the governor’s authoritarian heart.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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Panahi’s film, his first since being released from prison in 2023, is a direct assault on Iran’s authoritarian regime.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Outside cash is dominating the special election for a new county supervisor in the South Bay.—
Andrew Keatts,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Vancouver, meanwhile, fell short against the New York Rangers, despite thoroughly dominating play and out-chancing the struggling Rangers by a brutally lopsided margin.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Richard was known for being outspoken, if not arrogant, consistently rubbing his Tagi tribe the wrong way and offending some of them with his blatant display of nudity on the island.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
27 May 2025
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Multiple people described him to me as unpopular and arrogant.—
Amanda Chicago Lewis,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Richardson-Sellers plays Wolfie, the overbearing girlfriend of King Princess' Tina.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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Despite its innate confidence and charisma, its fiery levels of assertion could come across as overbearing.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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So the trick is to tamper down the background noise, omit bossy vanilla, and roast the peaches briefly with sugar in a cast-iron skillet to amplify their flavor.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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The album itself offers quaint harmonies and big beats, á la We, set atop the bossy stomp of 2013’s Reflektor.—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2025
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“Domineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domineering. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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