About The Word Imperious
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Imperious
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What's The Definition Of Imperious?
[adj] able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Imperious: domineering | masterful Related Terms | Find terms related to Imperious: absolute | absolutist | absolutistic | acute | arbitrary | aristocratic | arrogant | authoritarian | authoritative | autocratic | binding | bossy | clamorous | coactive | compelling | compulsatory | compulsive | compulsory | constraining | critical | crucial | crying | de rigueur | despotic | dictatorial | domineering | driving | dynastic | elitist | exigent | feudal | grinding | heavy-handed | high and mighty | high-handed | high-pressure | high-priority | hubristic | imperative | imperatorial | imperatorious | imperial | insistent | instant | irresistible | kinglike | kingly | lordly | magisterial | magistral | majestic | mandatory | masterful | monarchal | monarchial | monarchic | monocratic | must | necessary | obligatory | oppressive | overbearing | overruling | peremptory | pivotal | pressing | princelike | princely | purple | queenlike | queenly | regal | repressive | required | restraining | royal | severe | sovereign | strict | stringent | suppressive | tyrannical | tyrannous | U | urgent See Also | Imperious In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pe"ri*ous\, a. [L. imperiosus: cf. F.
imp['e]rieux. See {Imperial}.]
1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.]
``A vast and imperious mind.'' --Tilloison.
Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness,
Imperious. --Shak.
2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant;
an imperious manner.
This imperious man will work us all From princes
into pages. --Shak.
His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon
made him conspicuous. --Macaulay.
3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
Imperious need, which can not be withstood.
--Dryden.
Syn: Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly;
tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative;
authoritative; commanding; pressing.
Usage: {Imperious}, {Lordly}, {Domineering}. One who is
imperious exercises his authority in a manner highly
offensive for its spirit and tone; one who is lordly
assumes a lofty air in order to display his
importance; one who is domineering gives orders in a
way to make other feel their inferiority.
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