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Synonyms for "imperious" in English

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imperious:
- imperious; prevalent; prevailing; haughty; overbearing; disdainful; supercilious; lordly; swaggering; prideful; sniffy
- imperious; domineering; with a thirst for power

English

Detailed Synonyms for imperious in English

imperious:

imperious adj

imperious
imperious; prevalent; prevailing
- imperious adj
- prevalent adj
- prevailing adj
imperious

– having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy ¹
haughty; overbearing; disdainful; imperious; supercilious; lordly; swaggering; prideful; sniffy
– having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy ¹
- haughty adj
  - haughty aristocrats¹
- overbearing adj
- disdainful adj
  - some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines¹
- imperious adj
- supercilious adj
  - his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air¹
- lordly adj
  - his lordly manners were offensive¹
- swaggering adj
  - a more swaggering mood than usual¹
- prideful adj
  - walked with a prideful swagger¹
- sniffy adj
  - very sniffy about breaches of etiquette¹

imperious

imperious
imperious; domineering; with a thirst for power

Related Words for "imperious":

imperiousness, imperiously

Alternate Synonyms for "imperious":

masterful; domineering

Related Definitions for "imperious":

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy¹

Related Synonyms for imperious

imperious spirit

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University