Imperious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
  • adj. Urgent; pressing.
  • adj. Obsolete Regal; imperial.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
  • adj. Urgent.
  • adj. Imperial or regal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.
  • adj. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing
  • adj. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • l. Imperial.
  • Of a domineering character or quality; dictatorial; overbearing: as, an imperious tyrant or temper.
  • Of an urgent or pressing nature; overmastering; compulsory; imperative: as, imperious circumstances; an imperious necessity.
  • Synonyms Authoritative, Dogmatic, etc. (see magisterial), tyrannical, despotic, wilful, determined.
  • 2 and
  • 3. Im. perious, Imperative. Imperious applies to the spirit or manner of the person ruling or giving a command, and of rule in general; imperative, to the nature of a command. An imperious person is determined to have his will obeyed; imperious rule is characterized by the haughty, overbearing, and determined nature of the ruler. An imperative command is absolute, express, peremptory, and not to be questioned or evaded. Imperative is not properly applicable to persons.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    • Equivalent
    proud   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pressing    commanding    overbearing    imperative    lordly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    deleterious    delirious    mysterious    serious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    haughty    overbear    defiant    impetuous    masterful   
     
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