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Contemptuous vs Domineering - What's the difference?

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Contemptuous is a related term of domineering.


As adjectives the difference between contemptuous and domineering

is that contemptuous is showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect while domineering is overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.

As a verb domineering is

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As a noun domineering is

the act of one who domineers.

contemptuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
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    Derived terms

    * contemptuously

    Related terms

    * contempt

    domineering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

    • Synonyms

    * bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy, strong-willed, arbitrary, oppressive, regnant * See also

    Antonyms

    * submissive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who domineers.
  • * Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
    • In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.