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1. (adj.) imperious
domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial .
2. imperious
urgent; imperative:
imperious need.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L imperiōsus commanding, tyrannical =imperi(um)imperium+-ōsus -ous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) imperious
commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic
2. (adj) imperious
haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner
3. (adj) imperious
imperative; urgent; compelling
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Sense: proud, behaving as if expecting to be obeyed
an imperious manner.
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 Afrikaans: baasspelerig |
 Arabic: مُتَعَجْرِف، مُتَجَبِّر |
 Bulgarian: повелителен |
 Brazilian: imperioso |
 Czech: pánovitý |
 German: herrisch |
 Danish: myndig |
 Greek: αυταρχικός |
 Spanish: imperioso |
 Estonian: kõrk |
 Farsi: تحکم آمیز |
 Finnish: kopea |
 French: impérieux |
 Hebrew: מִתנַשֵׂא |
 Hindi: उद्धत |
 Croatian: bahat, arogantan |
 Hungarian: parancsoló |
 Indonesian: angkuh |
 Icelandic: hrokafullur; ráðríkur |
 Italian: imperioso |
 Japanese: おうへいな |
 Korean: 오만한 |
 Lithuanian: arogantiškas, įsakmus |
 Latvian: pavēlniecisks; valdonīgs; |
 Malay: memerintah |
 Dutch: heerszuchtig |
 Norwegian: hovmodig, myndig |
 Polish: władczy |
 Persian: تحکم آمیز |
 Pashto: امرانه، حاكمانه |
 Portuguese: imperioso |
 Romanian: arogant |
 Russian: повелительный |
 Slovak: panovačný |
 Slovenian: oblasten |
 Serbian: arogantan |
 Swedish: befallande, högdragen |
 Thai: วางอำนาจ |
 Turkish: emreden, buyurucu |
 Taiwanese: 專橫的 |
 Ukrainian: владний; деспотичний |
 Urdu: جابرانہ |
 Vietnamese: hống hách |
 Chinese: 专横的 |
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