Bossy

Quick meaning: Bossy is an adjective meaning Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

Meaning

Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

More Meanings

1. (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
2. Ornamented with bosses; studded.

Example Sentences

Cuphead is a difficult gauntlet through a ton of bosses, from evil clowns to bossy queen bees.

Over in the wardrobe department a bossy woman in ill-fitting dungarees tried to talk her into wearing a short red low-cut dress for the test.

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).

A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.

Word Forms

• bossier
• bossiest
• bossies

Synonyms for bossy

Depending on context, synonyms include dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible.

Antonyms for bossy

Common opposites include humble, servile, sycophantic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include magisterial, domineering, peremptory, autocratic, dominating, imperious.

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