'Imperious' definitions:
Definition of 'imperious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
Definition of 'Imperious'
From: GCIDE
- Imperious \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. [1913 Webster]
- Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. [1913 Webster]
- This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Imperative; urgent; compelling. [1913 Webster]
- 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 others feel their inferiority. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imperious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Imperious'
- Imperial,
- Imperialism,
- Imperialities,
- Imperiality,
- Imperialize,
- Imperialized,
- Imperializing,
- Imperially,
- Imperiously,
- Imperiousness,
- Impery,
- Crown imperial,
- Imperial Beach,
- Imperial County,
- Imperial bushel,
- Imperial chamber,
- Imperial city,
- Imperial diet,
- Imperial drill,
- Imperial eagle,
- Imperial green,
- Imperial guard,
- Imperial pigeon,
- Imperial, CA,
- Imperial, MO,
- Imperial, NE,
- Imperial, PA,
- Imperial, TX,
- imperial beard,
- imperial decree,
- imperial elephant,
- imperial gallon,
- imperial mammoth,
- imperial moth,
- imperial yeomanry,
- Crown-imperial,
- Imperial Beach, CA,
- Imperial County, CA,
- Imperial weights and measures,
- Imperial-Enlow,
- british imperial system,
- imperial capacity unit,
- Imperial-Enlow, PA,
- imperial japanese morning glory