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bossy
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boss·y 1  (bôs, bs)
adj. boss·i·er, boss·i·est
Given to ordering others around; domineering.
bossi·ly adv.
bossi·ness n.
boss·y 2  (bôs, bs)
adj.
Decorated with raised ornaments.
boss·y 3  (bôs, bs)
n. pl. boss·ies Informal
A cow or calf.
[From boss.]
bossy1
adj bossier, bossiest
Informal domineering, overbearing, or authoritarian
bossily  adv
bossiness  n
bossy2
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) (of furniture) ornamented with bosses
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Adj.1.bossy - offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted powerbossy - offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
autocratic, high-and-mighty, peremptory, magisterial, dominating
domineering - tending to domineer
bossy
adjective (Informal) domineering, lordly, arrogant, authoritarian, oppressive, hectoring, autocratic, dictatorial, coercive, imperious, overbearing, tyrannical, despotic, high-handed She remembers being a rather bossy little girl.
Translations
bossy [ˈbɒsɪ] ADJ (bossier (compar) (bossiest (superl))) [person] → mandón
bossy [ˈbɒsi] adj [woman, teacher] → autoritaire
a bossy little girl
BUT une petite fille qui mène tout le monde à la baguette.
bossy
adj (+er) → herrisch; don’t be bossy with me! → kommandier mich nicht so rum (inf); he tends to be rather bossy → er kommandiert einen gern rum (inf)
bossy [ˈbɒsɪ] adj (person) → autoritario/a
don't you get bossy with me! → non cominciare a darmi ordini!
bossy → دكتاتوري panovačný kommanderende herrisch αυταρχικός mandón komenteleva autoritaire sklon zapovijedanju autoritario 威張った 우두머리 노릇하는 bazig sjefete apodyktyczny mandão (ведущий себя) как командир dominerande ซึ่งสั่งให้ทำ buyurgan hách dịch 专横的
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For his description of the situation of the commedia dell'arte in the second half of the sixteenth century, Philiep Bossier summarizes a large current body of research on the commedia, particularly that produced at the Universities of Florence and Rome.
"Ambasciatore della risa": La commedia dell'arte nel secondo ... by Carroll, Linda L. / Renaissance Quarterly
Byline: With JOHN HUSBAND, KEVAN REILLY and ANNA DAY BRITAIN is now bossier than ever before as new figures show 250,000 more of us have started our own business.
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She is a hugely determined person with a soft as soap romantic side that totally contradicts a bossier and pushier, yet very sexually assertive, quality that would frighten some people off.
HOROSCOPES: Stars; STAR BIRTHDAY PENELOPE CRUZ by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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