[
UK
/bˈɒsi/
]
[ US /ˈbɔsi/ ]
[ US /ˈbɔsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
an autocratic person
autocratic behavior
a rather aggressive and dominating character
managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
a bossy way of ordering others around
a swaggering peremptory manner
How To Use bossy In A Sentence
- It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
- The hound has to be a real character who tends to be bossy and, maybe, has become too much of a handful for his owners to deal with.
- I'm not sure if she was officially beachmaster, or just being bossy.
- These two bossy, determined, sharp nosed, short women certainly appear to have much in common.
- Hey Bossy, maybe you should have left this one for a Friday! ruru replied to Nicole NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
- Speaking last week, after they had moved out and on condition of anonymity, they described him as ‘very bossy and imposing’ but with a ‘technical mind’.
- When she was in the Wrens during the war, her friends used to call her Bossy Rossy.
- She does sometimes come across as a bit bossy and up herself. The Sun
- We in this country have had enough of a bossyboots Government that interferes in people's lives.
- Bossy adults are turning baseball into a buzz kill for kids.