control freak

noun

: a person whose behavior indicates a powerful need to control people or circumstances in everyday matters

Examples of control freak in a Sentence

My boss is a real control freak.

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Ginny, their passive-aggressive control freak of a mother, will not admit into her home any problems, doubts or identities that violate her sense of upbeat Christian propriety. —

Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024 As Christina, the youngest of a trio of sisters, Olsen spends the film playing mediator between Natasha Lyonne’s depressed stoner, Rachel, and Carrie Coon’s domineering control freak, Katie. —

Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024 Alex is a control freak and a workaholic whose inability to step back and let someone else take over is a blessing to everyone else's lives, especially those of the patients. —

Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2024 What a perfectionist, what a control freak, what a mean lady. —

Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for control freak

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of control freak was in 1970

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“Control freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control%20freak. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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