About The Word Domineer
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Domineer
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What's The Definition Of Domineer?
[v] rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Domineer: tyrannise | tyrannize Related Terms | Find terms related to Domineer: beat down | break | browbeat | bulldoze | bully | castrate | clamp down on | coerce | compel | cow | daunt | despotize | dominate | domineer over | enslave | grind | grind down | henpeck | intimidate | keep down | keep under | lord it over | oppress | overawe | overbear | overmaster | override | predominate | preponderate | press heavy on | prevail | reign | repress | ride over | ride roughshod over | subjugate | suppress | terrorize | trample down | trample upon | tread down | tread upon | tyrannize | tyrannize over | unman | walk all over | walk over | weigh heavy on See Also | ballyrag | boss around | browbeat | bully | bullyrag | hector | push around | strong-arm Domineer In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak.
His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at
home. --Prior.
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