Imperious

[Im*pe·ri*ous]

Someone who is imperious gives orders in a way that shows they feel superior or more important than other people. You might want the smartest kid in the class as your lab partner, but not if they have an imperious attitude and boss you around.

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Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

Adjective S.
able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"


a.
Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

a.
Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.

a.
Imperative; urgent; compelling.


Imperious

Im*pe"ri*ous , a. [L. imperiosus: cf. F. imp'82rieux. See Imperial.] 1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.] "A vast and imperious mind." Tilloison.
Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious.
2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.
This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages.
His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous.
3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
Imperious need, which can not be withstood.
Syn. -- Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly; tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative; commanding; pressing. -- 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.

Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

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