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bossy

Some Mercedes can look busy and bossy and a little too full of themselves.She does sometimes come across as a bit bossy and up herself.He initially found her a bit bossy.He also lets me get away with being a bit bossy.He's bossy with his teachers and likes to tell people what to do.I'm trying to be the insurance policy in midfield and be a little bit bossy.I'd argue being bossy turned out rather well for these women.The overwhelming urge to pass on our cultural DNA perhaps explains why we can be quite so bossy.The host said: 'The house are finding her a bit bossy.I am a little bossy!Witter: You seem quite bossy.I was quite bossy and noisy when it came to music but away from that I was quiet and studious.

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bossy

British English: bossy /ˈbɒsɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If someone is bossy, they enjoy telling people what to do.
She is a bossy little girl.
  • American English: bossy
  • Arabic: دِكتاتورِيّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mandão
  • Chinese: 专横的
  • Croatian: sklon zapovijedanju
  • Czech: panovačný
  • Danish: kommanderende
  • Dutch: bazig
  • European Spanish: mandón
  • Finnish: komenteleva
  • French: autoritaire
  • German: herrisch
  • Greek: αυταρχικός
  • Italian: autoritario
  • Japanese: 威張った
  • Korean: 우두머리 노릇하는
  • Norwegian: sjefete
  • Polish: apodyktyczny
  • European Portuguese: mandão
  • Romanian: autoritar
  • Russian: (ведущий себя) как командир
  • Latin American Spanish: mandón
  • Swedish: dominerande
  • Thai: ซึ่งสั่งให้ทำ
  • Turkish: buyurgan
  • Ukrainian: владний
  • Vietnamese: hách dịch

Chinese translation of 'bossy'

bossy

(ˈbɔsɪ)

adj

  1. 霸道的 (bàdào de)
(adjective) 
Definition
domineering, overbearing, or authoritarian
(informal) 
She remembers being a rather bossy little girl.
Synonyms
domineering
They are not domineering parents.
lordly
their lordly indifference to patients
arrogant
an air of arrogant indifference
authoritarian
There was a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
oppressive
The new laws will be as oppressive as those they replace.
hectoring
autocratic
They have grown intolerant of his autocratic ways.
dictatorial
a dictatorial management style
coercive
imperious
She gave him a witheringly imperious look.
overbearing
an arrogant and overbearing man
tyrannical
Tyrannical dictators rarely last for long.
despotic
The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.
high-handed
He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arrogant
Definition
having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or ability
an air of arrogant indifference
Synonyms
conceited,
lordly,
assuming,
proud,
swaggering,
pompous,
pretentious,
stuck up (informal),
cocky,
contemptuous,
blustering,
imperious,
overbearing,
haughty,
scornful,
puffed up,
egotistical,
disdainful,
self-important,
presumptuous,
high-handed,
insolent,
supercilious,
high and mighty (informal),
overweening,
immodest,
swollen-headed,
bigheaded (informal),
uppish (British, informal),
too big for your boots or breeches
in the sense of authoritarian
Definition
insisting on strict obedience to authority
There was a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
Synonyms
strict,
severe,
absolute,
harsh,
rigid,
autocratic,
dictatorial,
dogmatic,
imperious,
domineering,
unyielding,
tyrannical,
disciplinarian,
despotic,
doctrinaire
in the sense of autocratic
They have grown intolerant of his autocratic ways.
Synonyms
dictatorial,
absolute,
unlimited,
all-powerful,
imperious,
domineering,
tyrannical,
despotic,
tyrannous

Nearby words of
bossy

  • bosom
  • boss
  • boss someone around
  • bossy
  • botany
  • botch
  • bother

Synonyms of 'bossy'

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