imperious
- domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- urgent; imperative: imperious need.
Origin of imperious
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chutzpah, pretension, disdain, hubris, aloofness, ego, pride, egotism, vanity, smugness, presumption, autocracy, oppression, domination, cruelty, authoritarianism, despotism, totalitarianism, coercion, oligarchyExamples from the Web for imperiousness
Contemporary Examples of imperiousness
Eventually, that imperiousness helped to alienate her own party, which forced her to step down in 1990.
There is an imperiousness about Romney that comes across when he is challenged.
Historical Examples of imperiousness
There was an imperiousness in the lawyer's tone which was almost irresistible.
Cousin HenryAnthony Trollope
A life of indolence and luxury had bred a certain air of imperiousness in her.
Colorado JimGeorge Goodchild
And her eyes searched his with a certain boldness and imperiousness of gaze.
The History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
I may, perhaps, be producing an unfair impression of imperiousness and insolence.
Pioneers of ScienceOliver Lodge
By the imperiousness of her gesture and her uplifted head she swept them out before her.
The Dust FlowerBasil King
imperious
- domineering; arrogant; overbearing
- rare urgent; imperative
Word Origin for imperious
Word Origin and History for imperiousness
imperious
1540s, from Latin imperiosus "commanding, mighty, powerful," from imperium "empire, command" (see empire). Related: Imperiously.