oppress, tyrannize, dominate; be arrogant
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Domineer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo 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.
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. go to the feast, revel and domineer. his wishes tend abroad to roam, and hers to domineer at home.
domineer
v : rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her" [syn: tyrannize]
To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
Arglwyddo = v. to domineer
Corbwyo = v. to domineer
Verb
1. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
(synonym) tyrannize, tyrannise
(hypernym) strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
