▪ I. domiˈneering, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb domineer; imperious rule, tyranny; overbearing demeanour.
| 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 288 Women..taxed with this vnnaturall domineering over their Husbands. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve xxxii, If Charlotte did remain with them, she should not stand any domineering. |
▪ II. domiˈneering, ppl. a.
That domineers.
1. Ruling arbitrarily or imperiously; tyrannical, despotic; overbearing, insolent.
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i. 179 A domineering pedant ore the Boy. 1683 A. D. Art Converse 105 Their unruly and domineering humour. 1868 Milman St. Paul's xv. 355 Laud in his haughty and domineering character. |
† 2. Prevailing, dominant. Obs.
| 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. i. ii. (1651) 366 The domineering and most frequent maladies of it [a place]. 1817 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XLIV. 325 The religion of the Abrahamites became the domineering religion of Persia. |
3. Occupying a commanding position.
| 1658 R. Franck North. Mem. (1821) p. ix, Lofty domineering hills that over top'd the submissive shady dales. |
Hence domiˈneeringly adv.; domiˈneeringness.
| 1684 H. More Answer C j a, He could not..act so domineeringly. 1840 Blackw. Mag. XLVII. 150 That is the objection to Charles I, as a tragedy..because too domineeringly political. 1889 Spectator 16 Nov., A man boiling over with energy and domineeringness. |