Commanding

LINE OF ACTION: Commanding expressions are a more confident version of brave. The commanding person is still expressing a steadfast position, yet the expression also sends the message that you are going to obey because the mouth is no longer relaxed but compressed. The mouth says "I mean it!." A commanding face is recognized by the stern brown crossing the eye line, a direct unwavering gaze and a tightly pressed mouth (sometimes with down turned corners if disapproval creeps in there).

DEFINITION: Having command; controlling. Dominating, as by magnitude or position: took a commanding lead at the polls; a commanding view of the ocean. Exercising authority: authoritative, dominant, lordly, masterful. Exercising controlling power or influence: controlling, dominant, dominating, dominative, governing, paramount, preponderant, regnant, reigning, ruling. Someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others. Commander - a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain.