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1. Tending to domineer
   "There are two types of domineering cat"

1. Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
   "her husband and mother-in-law domineer her";
   - tyrannize, tyrannise [Brit]

See also: authoritarian, autocratic, blustery, bossy, bullying, cavalier, dictatorial, dominating, heavy-handed, high-and-mighty, high-handed, immodest, magisterial, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, roughshod, tyrannical, tyrannous

Type of: ballyrag [N. Amer], boss, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag [N. Amer], hector, push around, strong-arm

Antonym: submissive

Encyclopedia: Domineering