adj
Meaning 1
Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
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Standard Lemma guide
domineering
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of one who domineers.
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of domineer
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
Meaning 4
tending to domineer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: submissive
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: властен (vlasten) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Bulgarian: тираничен (tiraničen) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Chinese Mandarin: 專橫 /专横 (zhuānhèng) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Chinese Mandarin: 跋扈 (báhù) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Finnish: määräilevä — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Finnish: komenteleva — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- French: dominateur — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- German: kontrollsüchtig — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- German: herrschsüchtig — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Hebrew: שתלטני (shtaltaní) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Ido: dominacachanta — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Japanese: 高飛車 (takabisha) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Japanese: S (S) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Latin: imperiōsus — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Manx: mainshtyragh — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Polish: apodyktyczny — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Polish: despotyczny — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Polish: władczy — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Romanian: dominant — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Romanian: dominator — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Russian: вла́стный (vlástnyj) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Russian: тирани́чный (tiraníčnyj) — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Spanish: dominante — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Spanish: dominador — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Spanish: domeñante — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
- Swedish: dominant — overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
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