dominating

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}]

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}, {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}, {high-and-mighty},

{magisterial}, {peremptory}]