| 单词 | domineer |
| 释义 | domineer (once / 3706 pages) v The verb domineer means to rule with tyranny and absolute power, like what may occur in a dictatorship — or possibly within a household if one person is a little too bossy. If you’ve ever been around someone who tends to domineer, it won’t surprise you to learn that the word domineer can be traced all the way back to the Latin word dominus, meaning “lord, master.” It can certainly seem like a person with an impulse to domineer acts like your lord and master. The word also has an adjective form, domineering, which is used to describe those with a tendency to domineer. WORD FAMILYdomineer: domineered, domineering, domineers+/domineering: domineeringness USAGE EXAMPLESHe allowed his mother to run his life, and found an equally domineering match in Bernadette. Salon(Dec 14, 2016) Until recently, local oligarchs supplanted the judiciary with their own domineering rule. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) Her father, she tells us, is easy to write about; he was vivid, domineering, scornful, and babyishly quick to anger. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) v rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner Syn|Hyper tyrannise, tyrannize ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm be bossy towards |
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