He tried unsuccessfully to domineer over his office workers.
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Domineer
//ˈdɑːm.ɪnˌɪɹ//
Synonyms for "domineer" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
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16 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- потискам verb (rule over)
- тиранизирам verb (rule over)
Dutch
1 entries- domineren verb (rule over)
Greek
1 entries- δεσπόζω verb (rule over)
Hungarian
4 entries- basáskodik verb (rule over)
- hatalmaskodik verb (rule over)
- parancsolgat verb (rule over)
- zsarnokoskodik verb (rule over)
Māori
2 entries- tikai verb (rule over)
- whakatopatopa verb (rule over)
Polish
2 entries- dyrygować verb (rule over)
- rządzić verb (rule over)
Spanish
1 entries- domeñar verb (rule over)
Tày
1 entries- cai verb (rule over)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hà hiếp verb (rule over)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
She was a woman who liked to domineer and feel her power, and as she looked at Sara's pale little steadfast face and heard her proud little voice, she quite felt as if her might was being set at naught.
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