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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;
- Example: "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
- Example: "haughty aristocrats"
- Example: "his lordly manners were offensive"
- Example: "walked with a prideful swagger"
- Example: "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
- Example: "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
- Example: "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
[syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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 [syn: disdainful, haughty,
           imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful,
           sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]