"control freak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: control freaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} control freak (plural control freaks)
  1. (informal) A person who is excessively controlling and domineering. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People, Personality Derived forms: control freakery Translations (person who is excessively controlling): regelneef [masculine] (Dutch), kontrollifriikki (Finnish), Kontrollfreak [masculine] (German), kontrollfreak [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kontrollfrik [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), controlador [masculine] (Spanish), controladora [feminine] (Spanish), kontrol delisi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-control_freak-en-noun-rfqcU3R2 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'person who is excessively controlling': 99 1
  2. (informal) A tyrant or manipulator. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-control_freak-en-noun-CRPH2jUc

Inflected forms

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