imperious

1. a. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. Source: opted

2. a. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. Source: opted

3. a. Imperative; urgent; compelling. Source: opted

4. adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy Source: wordnet

5. 1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.] "A vast and imperious mind." Tilloison. Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious. Shak. 2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. Shak. His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. Macaulay. 3. Imperative; urgent; compelling. Imperious need, which can not be withstood. Dryden. Syn. -- Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly; tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative; commanding; pressing. -- 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 other feel their inferiority. Source: webster

6. j:100 s having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy Source: ecdict

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