domineering
adjective
dom·i·neer·ing
ˌdä-mə-ˈnir-iŋ 
: inclined to exercise arbitrary and overbearing control over others
domineeringly
adverb
domineeringness
noun
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To be domineering is to behave like a lord. (The word lordly doesn't express quite the same thing.) Someone who tells you what you can wear or what friends you can spend time with could be called domineering; so could someone who always decides what you're going to do with your free time. Those of us who grow up with a domineering parent usually flee as soon as we're old enough.
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the younger children in the family were controlled by a domineering older sister
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Kenneth Kimes Troubled childhood: As a young man, Kimes went on a deadly crime spree with his domineering mother.
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
Trump had a domineering, workaholic father who split the world into two groups: killers and losers.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
There are blessedly few visual tics in this biopic of painter Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) and her domineering husband Walter (Christoph Waltz), who for years took credit for her work.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
But soon enough, all three have arrived at the Morrow estate in rural Nebraska, where the aftereffects of Carlyle’s cruel, domineering parenting still echo.
—Emily C. Hughes, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
Trump had a domineering, workaholic father who split the world into two groups: killers and losers.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
There are blessedly few visual tics in this biopic of painter Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) and her domineering husband Walter (Christoph Waltz), who for years took credit for her work.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
But soon enough, all three have arrived at the Morrow estate in rural Nebraska, where the aftereffects of Carlyle’s cruel, domineering parenting still echo.
—Emily C. Hughes, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Domineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domineering. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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