Definition of Imperious in English :

Define Imperious in English

Imperious meaning in English

Meaning of Imperious in English

Pronunciation of Imperious in English

Imperious pronunciation in English

Pronounce Imperious in English

Imperious

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Adjective

1. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Imperious

see synonyms of imperious
adjective
1. 
domineering; arrogant; overbearing
2. rare
urgent; imperative

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Imperious

see synonyms of imperious
adjective
1. 
overbearing, arrogant, domineering, etc.
2. 
urgent; imperative

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Imperious

see synonyms of imperious
adj.
1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
2. Urgent; pressing: an imperious necessity.
3. Obsolete Regal; imperial.

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