Domineer

v. i. & t.

1.

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. [imp. & p. p. Domineered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] Go to the feast, revel and domineer. - Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. - Prior.

Verb

1.

domineer - rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her" Synonyms: tyrannise, tyrannize

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