domineering

  • 31authoritative personality — domineering character, character which projects a sense of power …

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  • 32old battleaxe —  Domineering (sometimes unpleasant) woman of formidable voice, deportment and attitude …

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  • 33masterful — masterful, domineering, imperious, peremptory, imperative are comparable when they apply to persons or their acts, utterances, and demands and mean governed by, or manifesting, a strong tendency to impose one s will on another. One is masterful… …

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  • 34Combinatorial game theory — This article is about the theory of combinatorial games. For the theory that includes games of chance and games of imperfect knowledge, see Game theory. Mathematicians playing Konane at a Combinatorial game theory workshop (for technical content …

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  • 35imperious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lordly; domineering, dictatorial, despotic; imperative, urgent. See authority. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Domineering] Syn. overbearing, commanding, haughty; see autocratic 1 , masterful , powerful… …

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  • 36masterful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. masterly, skillful; authoritative. See skill, authority. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. commanding, imperious, domineering, magisterial, forceful, dominating, dictatorial, high handed, self willed,… …

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  • 37masterful — adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. inclined and usually competent to act as master b. suggestive of a domineering nature 2. having or reflecting the power and skill of a master • masterfully adverb • masterfulness noun Synonyms: masterful …

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  • 38List of Columbo episodes — The following is an episode list for the crime fiction television series Columbo. After two pilot episodes, the show originally aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978 as one of the rotating programs of the NBC Mystery Movie. Columbo then aired more… …

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  • 39dictatorial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dogmatic, opinionated, despotic, arbitrary. See severity, insolence, authority. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Overbearing] Syn. imperious, domineering, arrogant, dogmatic; see egotistic 2 , masterful …

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  • 40masterful — [mas′tər fəl] adj. 1. fond of acting the part of a master; domineering; imperious 2. having or showing the ability of a master; expert; skillful; masterly: usage objected to by some masterfully adv. masterfulness n. SYN. MASTERFUL implies such… …

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