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controlling

adjective

  1. have power over, bossy, in charge of
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/ / /kənˈtɹəʊlɪŋ/

adj

  1. Exerting control over a person or thing.

    “His mother is very controlling.”

noun

  1. The act of exerting control.

    “What humble submission presided within; / How free from the reign, and controllings of sin.”

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of control
  2. present participle and gerund of controll