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imperious    音标拼音: [ɪmp'ɪriəs]
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imperious
adj 1: 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 [synonym: {disdainful}, {haughty},
{imperious}, {lordly}, {overbearing}, {prideful},
{sniffy}, {supercilious}, {swaggering}]

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.
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Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness,
Imperious. --Shak.
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2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant;
an imperious manner.
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This imperious man will work us all
From princes into pages. --Shak.
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His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon
made him conspicuous. --Macaulay.
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3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
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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.
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85 Moby Thesaurus words for "imperious":
U, 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, urgent


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  • IMPERIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of IMPERIOUS is marked by arrogant assurance : domineering How to use imperious in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Imperious
  • IMPERIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    IMPERIOUS definition: 1 unpleasantly proud and expecting to be obeyed: 2 unpleasantly proud and expecting to be… Learn more
  • Imperious - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    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
  • IMPERIOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Imperious definition: domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious person See examples of IMPERIOUS used in a sentence
  • IMPERIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you describe someone as imperious, you mean that they have a proud manner and expect to be obeyed
  • imperious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
    Definition of imperious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary expecting people to obey you and treating them as if they are not as important as you The professor was as imperious as ever She put out an imperious hand to stop him He waved an imperious hand
  • Imperious - definition of imperious by The Free Dictionary
    imperious - 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
  • imperious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    From Latin imperiōsus (“mighty, powerful”), from imperium (“command, authority, power”) imperious (not comparable) Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing […] she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied
  • IMPERIOUS Synonyms: 249 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
    Some common synonyms of imperious are domineering, imperative, masterful, and peremptory While all these words mean "tending to impose one's will on others," imperious implies a commanding nature or manner and often suggests arrogant assurance When would domineering be a good substitute for imperious?
  • What does Imperious mean? - Definitions. net
    Imperious refers to having or showing a sense of overbearing arrogance or superiority; exhibiting high-handed, domineering, or commanding behavior It can also imply being urgent or pressing im-pē′ri-us, adj assuming command: haughty: tyrannical: authoritative: (obs ) imperial — adv Impē′riously — n Impē′riousness [L imperiosus ]





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