BOSSY (bossier, bossiest)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: bossier    , bossiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bossy mean? 

• BOSSY (adjective)
  The adjective BOSSY has 1 sense:

1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

  Familiarity information: BOSSY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOSSY (adjective)

Comparative: bossier   
Superlative: bossiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

Synonyms:

autocratic; bossy; dominating; high-and-mighty; magisterial; peremptory

Context example:

a swaggering peremptory manner

Similar:

domineering (tending to domineer)

Derivation:

boss (a person who exercises control over workers)

 Context examples 

I am not sure who is represented by these two bossy planets, you or your partner, but I suspect Saturn and Pluto might be representing you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Saturn and Pluto can be very bossy when combined in an alignment as they will be this month, so alternatively, you may be working on a deadline with a term paper or for a book you are writing or editing and due to publish soon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There is something about this person that makes you want to work with him—it might be the money you would earn—and so you might be willing to deal with his or her bossy treatment for the length of the project.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)