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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to domineer;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Domineering \Dom`i*neer"ing\, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. [1913 Webster] A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. --Blackw. Mag. Syn: Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

domineering adj 1: tending to domineer [ant: submissive]