as in authoritarian
fond of ordering people around
the younger children in the family were controlled by a domineering older sister
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Recent Examples of domineering
Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2025
My Mom Died is a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of McCurdy’s struggles as a former child actor while dealing with her overbearing, domineering mother.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 2 July 2025
Compiled from Candace Bushnell’s column of the same name from The New York Observer, the book is a dark and bizarre look at dating in 1990s New York, where men are pathologically childish, cruel, and self-centered, and women are domineering, striving, and manipulative.
—Alice Bolin
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Lox Pratt has been tapped to play Slytherin prince, Draco Malfoy (originally played by Tom Felton), with Johnny Flynn as his domineering father, Lucius Malfoy (previously Jason Isaacs).
—Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 9 June 2025
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Verb
Louise Fletcher portrays the domineering head nurse Ratched.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2025
My Mom Died is a heartbreaking and hilarious recounting of McCurdy’s struggles as a former child actor while dealing with her overbearing, domineering mother.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 2 July 2025
Compiled from Candace Bushnell’s column of the same name from The New York Observer, the book is a dark and bizarre look at dating in 1990s New York, where men are pathologically childish, cruel, and self-centered, and women are domineering, striving, and manipulative.
—Alice Bolin
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Lox Pratt has been tapped to play Slytherin prince, Draco Malfoy (originally played by Tom Felton), with Johnny Flynn as his domineering father, Lucius Malfoy (previously Jason Isaacs).
—Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domineering
Adjective
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Now, the same institutions once intimidated by authoritarian power have declared that a former commander-in-chief conspired to revoke the 2022 election, assassinate rivals, and eventually unleash street chaos to hold on to power.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ray's father was a dissenter who was executed by the Major himself for his outspoken anti-authoritarian views, and Ray wants revenge.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Throughout most of the game, the Bears were dominating the day.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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After dominating the at the box office this summer, the supernatural horror hit Weapons is finally available to stream at home.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Zane played the arrogant Cal Hockley, who was engaged to Jack's love interest, Rose (played by Kate Winslet).—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hardly seems like enough to cow these arrogant companies into behaving, especially when their business model is so intrinsically tied to hoovering up other people’s information and creative work.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The right question, asked at the right time, can shape decisions without dictating them.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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How much so will go a long way to dictating how successful this window has been or not.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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From the outside, Laura could be loving, protective, overbearing, even intrusive — while Cherry sows doubt for hiding pieces of her past despite ostensibly adoring her new beau.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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An accomplished art dealer, Laura has her loving hotel tycoon husband, Howard (Waleed Zuaiter), and an overbearing bond with her adult son, Daniel (Laurie Davidson), a physician.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now, the Franciscan missionaries oppressing the Native Americans in the painting had arrows piercing their heads and bodies.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The character, Olivia’s bossy butler, is one of the greatest parts in Shakespeare, and Dinklage delights in it.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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August begins with Mars’ debut in Libra, energizing your bossy 10th house of authority, career and reputation in the world, prompting you to focus on your professional life and public image, which leaves little time for romance.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Domineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domineering. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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