See bossy on Wiktionary
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"word": "bossily"
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"ref": "2019, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:",
"text": "Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).",
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},
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}
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"word": "authoritarian"
},
{
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],
"word": "autocratic"
},
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{
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"word": "coercive"
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{
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"word": "commanding"
},
{
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"word": "controlling"
},
{
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"word": "demanding"
},
{
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "despotic"
},
{
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "dictatorial"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bossy",
"word": "dominant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bossy",
"tags": [
"pejorative"
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"word": "domineering"
},
{
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"word": "forceful"
},
{
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],
"word": "harsh"
},
{
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],
"word": "heavy-handed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bossy",
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"pejorative"
],
"word": "iron-fisted"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bossy",
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"word": "iron-handed"
},
{
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"word": "monocratic"
},
{
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"word": "obtrusive"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bossy",
"tags": [
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"word": "oppressive"
},
{
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"word": "overbearing"
},
{
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"pejorative",
"usually"
],
"word": "strict"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:bossy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "tyrannical"
}
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}
],
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