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    BOSSY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: bossier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, bossiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: bossier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: bossiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted powerplay

    Example:

    a swaggering peremptory manner

    Synonyms:

    autocratic; bossy; dominating; high-and-mighty; magisterial; peremptory

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    domineering (tending to domineer)

    Derivation:

    boss (a person who exercises control over workers)

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