domineer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
    tyrannize; tyrannise.
    • her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her

WordNet

Dom`i*neer" intransitive verb & transitive verb
Etymology
F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Domineered ; present participle & verbal noun Domineering
Definitions
  1. To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.
    Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak.
    His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

Webster 1913