Definition of domineering Domineering

/dɑˌmʌnɪˈɹɪŋ/ - [damuniring] - dom•i•neer•ing

We found 7 definitions of domineering from 5 different sources.

What does domineering mean?

Adjective
domineering - tending to domineer
		submissive inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
		immodest offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
		authoritarian, overbearing, dictatorial characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
		bossy, high-and-mighty, autocratic, dominating, magisterial, peremptory offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
		bullying, blustery noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
		cavalier, high-handed given to haughty disregard of others
		heavy-handed, roughshod unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"