bossy

comparative bossier · superlative bossiest

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

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

   2017 October 2, Heather Alexandra, “Cuphead Player Beats Bosses Without Taking A Single Hit”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2018

   2 more examples

   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.

   1994, Jackie Collins, Hollywood Kids

   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).

   2019 August 20, Fancy Feast, “On Being a Fetish”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2020

   Synonyms: dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible

plural bossies

1. USdatedinformalA cow or calf.

   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.

   1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 174, column 1

comparative more bossy · superlative most bossy

1. Ornamented with bosses; studded.

   Synonyms: authoritarian, commanding, demanding, dictatorial, tyrannical