You're being bossy, aren't you?
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Bossy
//ˈbɔsi//
Synonyms for "bossy" (140 found)
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Related words (70)
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1 entriescoordinate
6 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَسَلِّط adj (tending to give orders to others)
Bulgarian
2 entries- властен adj (tending to give orders to others)
- обичащ да командва adj (tending to give orders to others)
Catalan
1 entries- manaire adj (tending to give orders to others)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 愛發號施令的 /爱发号施令的 adj (tending to give orders to others)
- 跋扈 adj (tending to give orders to others)
Czech
1 entries- panovačný adj (tending to give orders to others)
Dutch
1 entries- bazig adj (tending to give orders to others)
Finnish
1 entries- komenteleva adj (tending to give orders to others)
French
1 entries- autoritaire adj (tending to give orders to others)
German
4 entries- autoritär adj (tending to give orders to others)
- diktatorisch adj (tending to give orders to others)
- herrisch adj (tending to give orders to others)
- herrschsüchtig adj (tending to give orders to others)
Hungarian
1 entries- dirigál adj (tending to give orders to others)
Irish
1 entries- tiarnúil adj (tending to give orders to others)
Manx
1 entries- mainshtyragh adj (tending to give orders to others)
Māori
1 entries- tonotono adj (tending to give orders to others)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sjefete adj (tending to give orders to others)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- baussich adj (tending to give orders to others)
Polish
3 entries- apodyktyczny adj (tending to give orders to others)
- rządzący się adj (tending to give orders to others)
- władczy adj (tending to give orders to others)
Portuguese
1 entries- mandão adj (tending to give orders to others)
Romanian
2 entries- autoritar adj (tending to give orders to others)
- poruncitor adj (tending to give orders to others)
Russian
2 entries- вла́стный adj (tending to give orders to others)
- лю́бящий кома́ндовать adj (tending to give orders to others)
Sicilian
1 entries- cumanneru adj (tending to give orders to others)
Spanish
1 entries- mandón adj (tending to give orders to others)
Welsh
1 entries- trahaus adj (tending to give orders to others)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You're so bossy.
Source: tatoeba (1895570)
Tom is bossy.
Source: tatoeba (2202624)
You're bossy.
Source: tatoeba (2202625)
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