domineer

/,dɔmi'niə/

Thân thiện

The manager domineers over his employees during meetings.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To rule or control others in a harsh, overbearing, and arrogant way, asserting one's will forcefully and often unfairly.
   • To behave in an imperious or tyrannical manner, especially towards those considered weaker or subordinate.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The manager would often domineer over his staff, leaving them feeling powerless.
  • She refused to let her older brother domineer her any longer.
  • A true leader collaborates; they do not domineer.

Advanced Usage

• "to domineer over someone": This is the most common construction, explicitly stating the target of the domineering behavior.
  • He had a tendency to domineer over his younger siblings.

Variants and Related Words

• Domineering (adj): Characterized by a tendency to domineer; overbearing and authoritarian.
  • His domineering personality made teamwork difficult.

Synonyms

• Tyrannize: To exercise power cruelly or oppressively.
• Browbeat: To intimidate someone into doing something, typically with stern or abusive words.
• Bully: To use superior strength or influence to intimidate someone.
• Overbear: To overcome by superior force or authority; to be overwhelmingly powerful or convincing.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(This word does not commonly form standard phrasal verbs. Its primary construction is with the preposition "over.")

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms that use the exact word "domineer." The concept is more frequently expressed by its adjective form, "domineering," in phrases like "a domineering personality.")

Học thuật

Verb

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tyrannize
• tyrannise