Thesaurus: domineer
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.
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Definitions
- v. t. To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.
- v. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
- To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.
- To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master;to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscioussuperiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer overdependents.Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak.His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.
- v:100 v rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner