Domineering, a.
Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.
Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for domineering; he lists it under absolute, dogmatic.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
absolutedogmaticarbitraryarrogantauthoritativeautocraticcoercivecommandingcompulsivecompulsorycontrollingdespoticdictatorialdoctrinalexactinghaughtyimperativeimperiousirresponsiblelordlymagisterialopinionatedoverbearingperemptorypositiveself-opinionatedsupremesystematictyrannicalunconditionalunequivocal