imperious 音标拼音: [ɪmp'ɪriəs]
a . 专横的,傲慢的,迫切的
专横的,傲慢的,迫切的
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 [
synonym : {
disdainful }, {
haughty },
{
imperious }, {
lordly }, {
overbearing }, {
prideful },
{
sniffy }, {
supercilious }, {
swaggering }]
Imperious \
Im *
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a . [
L .
imperiosus :
cf .
F .
imp ['
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rieux .
See {
Imperial }.]
1 .
Commanding ;
ascendant ;
imperial ;
lordly ;
majestic . [
Obs .]
"
A vast and imperious mind ." --
Tilloison .
[
1913 Webster ]
Therefore ,
great lords ,
be ,
as your titles witness ,
Imperious . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Haughly ;
arrogant ;
overbearing ;
as ,
an imperious tyrant ;
an imperious manner .
[
1913 Webster ]
This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
His bold ,
contemptuous ,
and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous . --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Imperative ;
urgent ;
compelling .
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1913 Webster ]
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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1913 Webster ]
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "
imperious ":
U ,
absolute ,
absolutist ,
absolutistic ,
acute ,
arbitrary ,
aristocratic ,
arrogant ,
authoritarian ,
authoritative ,
autocratic ,
binding ,
bossy ,
clamorous ,
coactive ,
compelling ,
compulsatory ,
compulsive ,
compulsory ,
constraining ,
critical ,
crucial ,
crying ,
de rigueur ,
despotic ,
dictatorial ,
domineering ,
driving ,
dynastic ,
elitist ,
exigent ,
feudal ,
grinding ,
heavy -
handed ,
high and mighty ,
high -
handed ,
high -
pressure ,
high -
priority ,
hubristic ,
imperative ,
imperatorial ,
imperatorious ,
imperial ,
insistent ,
instant ,
irresistible ,
kinglike ,
kingly ,
lordly ,
magisterial ,
magistral ,
majestic ,
mandatory ,
masterful ,
monarchal ,
monarchial ,
monarchic ,
monocratic ,
must ,
necessary ,
obligatory ,
oppressive ,
overbearing ,
overruling ,
peremptory ,
pivotal ,
pressing ,
princelike ,
princely ,
purple ,
queenlike ,
queenly ,
regal ,
repressive ,
required ,
restraining ,
royal ,
severe ,
sovereign ,
strict ,
stringent ,
suppressive ,
tyrannical ,
tyrannous ,
urgent
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