control freak
noun
: a person whose behavior indicates a powerful need to control people or circumstances in everyday matters
Examples of control freak in a Sentence
My boss is a real control freak.
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As Christina, the youngest of a trio of sisters, Olsen spends the film playing mediator between Natasha Lyonne’s depressed stoner, Rachel, and Carrie Coon’s domineering control freak, Katie.
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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Alex is a control freak and a workaholic whose inability to step back and let someone else take over is a blessing to everyone else's lives, especially those of the patients.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2024
What a perfectionist, what a control freak, what a mean lady.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Alex is a control freak and a workaholic whose inability to step back and let someone else take over is a blessing to everyone else's lives, especially those of the patients.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2024
What a perfectionist, what a control freak, what a mean lady.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Audiences have come to know and love many Stiller personas: jester, auteur, control freak, buff daddy.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Control freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control%20freak. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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