adjective
: disposed to exercise or to flaunt dictatorial authority in a way to override any protestation : overbearing , tyrannical
then, and ever, she felt humbly about herself at heart, however arrogant and domineering she could be on the surface — Havelock Ellis
like domineering mothers, the states refuse cities the right to run their own lives — T.C.Desmond
the self-pride of the merchant that sustained him in his encounters with a domineering aristocracy — V.L.Parrington
Synonyms: see masterful