What is "bossy" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bossy mean in English? Meaning of bossy definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bossy" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bossy": offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

Adjective

  • Meaning: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: autocratic bossy dominating high-and-mighty magisterial peremptory
  • Similar: domineering
  • Adjective: Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
  • Synonyms:

    pushy, imperious, overbearing, authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, oppressive, overpowering, strict, tyrannical, iron-handed,

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    bossy in English: bossy
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