imperious
domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner;an imperious person.
urgent; imperative: imperious need.
Origin of imperious
1Other words for imperious
Opposites for imperious
Other words from imperious
- im·pe·ri·ous·ly, adverb
- im·pe·ri·ous·ness, noun
- non·im·pe·ri·ous, adjective
- non·im·pe·ri·ous·ness, noun
- un·im·pe·ri·ous, adjective
Words that may be confused with imperious
- imperative, imperial, imperious
Words Nearby imperious
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How to use imperious in a sentence
Here are the many results of Week 124, complete with an introduction in which I clearly was trying to establish a snotty, imperious tone.
Style Conversational Week 1463, with our guest Kyle Stonversational | Pat Myers | November 18, 2021 | Washington PostAs Charles, Roe Hartrampf is all imperious whining in mouse-that-roared uniforms and Savile Row suits.
In time for Thanksgiving, Broadway serves up a turkey: ‘Diana’ the musical | Peter Marks | November 18, 2021 | Washington PostIf it’s a couple on a date, he would be imperious and try to intimidate the young man into spending a lot.
Facebook’s ad ban and its imperious claim to objectivity are symptoms of the company’s misguided understanding of what America needs from social media.
Did Facebook ‘cancel Abe Lincoln’? The truth is complicated — and alarming. | Ron Charles | March 4, 2021 | Washington PostBlind almost from birth, Davis was nonetheless an imposing human being—in photographs and on film, he appears imperious, kinglike.
Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect | Malcolm Jones | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the following issue, The Group was the subject of a snide, imperious review by Norman Mailer.
American Dreams, 1963: ‘The Group’ by Mary McCarthy | Nathaniel Rich | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTimperious despot, insolent in strife, Lover of ruin, enemy of life!
And while Chasen could be imperious, “road rage was not her thing.”
A trademark outfit is vital to sending out the right signals of imperious power as real-life dictators understand all too well.
Edna was a trifle embarrassed at being thus signaled out for the imperious little woman's favor.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHe was a refuge from herself; in his imperious demands her memory slept, her depths were stagnant.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe paused, and to illustrate the imperious humor of the Scot, he waved his fingers and a red wrister at me.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydShe might have settled down for life on Russian Hill, so completely did she make the new environment fit her imperious person.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonMarriage, and later the birth of his son had softened Armand Aubigny's imperious and exacting nature greatly.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
British Dictionary definitions for imperious
/ (ɪmˈpɪərɪəs) /
domineering; arrogant; overbearing
rare urgent; imperative
Origin of imperious
1Derived forms of imperious
- imperiously, adverb
- imperiousness, noun
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