Dominating - Definition

adj 1: most powerful or important or influential; "the
economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the
dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant,
ascendent, dominating]
2: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the
ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside";
"the balcony overlooking the ballroom" [syn: commanding,
dominating, overlooking]
3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
unwarranted power; "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" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-
mighty, magisterial, peremptory]