Definitionadj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Last update: September 11, 2017
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Rita is an imperious personality. [noun]
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The King sent a second, and very imperious command to the Lord of Cardigan. [adjective]
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You ca n't bludgeon teachers over the head with imperious dictats. [adjective]
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That incivility of Lady Fareham's in the matter of an unreturned visit had rankled deep in the bosom of the King's imperious mistress. [adjective]
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The French commander-in-chief came forth, with all his mighty armament, not of his own desire, but goaded by imperious sneers, and stings that made his manhood tingle. [adjective]
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Those dark stern features, that imperious mouth, and a brow like the Olympian Jove. [adjective]
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"They must wait," was the king's imperious answer. [adjective]
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The Barbarians were less selfish, less imperious, less dissolute, and less cruel than the Romans. [adjective]
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Her tones had a tinge of uncertainty in the question,--half imperious, as demanding an answer, half persuading, as though not sure the answer would be given. [adjective]
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He had supposed him a strong, determined, man of imperious ways and turbulent instincts, who could be easily led into revolution and sedition from the side of his ambition. [adjective]
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At Nehushta's imperious command, they hurried through the door, and the curtains fell behind them. [adjective]
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