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domineer
(encz) | domineer,tyranizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Domineer
(gcide) | Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, 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.
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Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak.
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His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home. --Prior.
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domineer
(wn) | domineer
v 1: rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and
autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize
her" [syn: tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer] |
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domineer
(encz) | domineer,tyranizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
domineering
(encz) | domineering,despotický adj: Zdeněk Broždomineering,pánovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
domineeringly
(encz) | domineeringly, |
domineeringness
(encz) | domineeringness, n: |
Domineered
(gcide) | Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak.
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His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home. --Prior.
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Domineering
(gcide) | Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, 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.
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Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak.
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His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home. --Prior.
[1913 Webster]Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a.
Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
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A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw.
Mag.
Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. --
Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.
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Domineeringly
(gcide) | Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a.
Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
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A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw.
Mag.
Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. --
Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.
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domineer
(wn) | domineer
v 1: rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and
autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize
her" [syn: tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer] |
domineering
(wn) | domineering
adj 1: tending to domineer [ant: submissive] |
domineeringly
(wn) | domineeringly
adv 1: in a domineering manner; "his wife behaved domineeringly" |
domineeringness
(wn) | domineeringness
n 1: the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn:
imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness] |
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