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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.]
bossy
Adjective
[bossier, bossiest] Informal domineering, overbearing, or authoritarian
bossiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bossy - 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
Translations
bossy [ˈbɔsɪ] adj → mandón/ona
bossy [ˈbɔsɪ] boss adj → autoritaire
bossy [ˈbɔsɪ] adj → herrisch
bossy [ˈbɔsɪ] adj → prepotente


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