Associations to the word «Imperious»
Noun
- Gesture
- Summons
- Craving
- Temper
- Necessity
- Dowager
- Tone
- Lucifer
- Centurion
- Caress
- Obedience
- Sway
- Impatience
- Manner
- Deference
- Instinct
- Delirium
- Gratification
- Glance
- Caprice
- Mystic
- Demand
- Sweetness
- Cruel
- Mistress
- Madeline
- Disposition
- Knock
- Eyebrow
- Impulse
- Resentment
- Pride
- Prelate
- Dictate
- Disgust
- Madame
- Affection
- Passion
- Sovereign
- Humility
- Disdain
- Need
- Tyrant
- Voice
- Awe
- Desire
- Mandate
- Command
Adjective
Wiktionary
IMPERIOUS, adjective. Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
IMPERIOUS, adjective. Urgent.
IMPERIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Imperial or regal.
Dictionary definition
IMPERIOUS, adjective. 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.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.