Associations to the word «Imperious»

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

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Lao-Tzu