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  • 111blustery — adjective 1. blowing in violent and abrupt bursts (Freq. 1) blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia a cold blustery day a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind • Syn: ↑blustering, ↑blusterous …

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  • 112bossy — adj. (bossier, bossiest) colloq. domineering; tending to boss. Phrases and idioms: bossy boots colloq. a domineering person. Derivatives: bossily adv. bossiness n …

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  • 113bullying — I noun the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something • Syn: ↑intimidation • Derivationally related forms: ↑intimidate (for: ↑intimidation) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 114domineeringness — noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing • Syn: ↑imperiousness, ↑overbearingness • Derivationally related forms: ↑overbearing (for: ↑overbearingness), ↑domineering, ↑imperious …

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  • 115FRANCE — (Heb. פְרַאנְצִיָּה and צָרְפַת), country in Western Europe. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: from the first settlements unil the revolution the roman and merovingian periods from the carolingians until the eve of the… …

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  • 116bullying — ullying adj. Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others. Syn: blustery. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 117Domineer — Dom i*neer , v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be… …

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  • 118Domineered — Domineer Dom i*neer , v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to …

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  • 119heavy-handed — adj. 1. same as {ham fisted}. Syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham fisted, ham handed, handless, left handed. [WordNet 1.5] 2. unjustly harsh or domineering; as, incensed at the government s heavy handed economic policies. Syn: harsh,… …

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  • 120Insolent — In so*lent, a. [F. insolent, L. insolens, entis, pref. in not + solens accustomed, p. pr. of solere to be accustomed.] [1913 Webster] 1. Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If one chance to… …

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