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imperious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disdainful, haughty, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| Derivation | imperiousness |
Examples of imperious
imperious
The simple fact is that tonight, Ajax were just unlucky and Lyon were imperious.
From the guardian.co.uk
Her Hanna is imperious, mercurial, haunted and, in the end, somewhat enlightened.
From the dailynews.com
While a bit young for the role, Shellabarger makes a perfectly imperious Daisy.
From the dailyherald.com
He was just a loud, imperious character behind the curtain, and it was brilliant.
From the bostonherald.com
Federer looked imperious, albeit against a below-par Novak Djokovic, yesterday.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
It's all so snobby and imperious the opinions that some women have on motherhood.
From the independent.co.uk
Watson has been in imperious form with three half centuries and an unbeaten 41.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He was kind a gracious, not the imperious brat the media had portrayed him to be.
From the huffingtonpost.com
The 800m is the one race where Adlington can strive to be as imperious as Phelps.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Disdainful: 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 ...
- (imperiousness) the trait of being imperious and overbearing
- The fictional villains of the Power Rangers universe that appeared in the television series ' are magical beings that dwell underground, known as the Forces of Darkness; they were also referred to as the Morlocks in promotional material, though this reference was never made in the show. ...
- Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing; Urgent; Imperial or regal
- (imperiously) commandingly; arrogantly; dominantly
- (adj.) commanding, domineering (The imperious nature of your manner led me to dislike you at once.)
- Was once one of the Mystics called Calindor, but has now taken Morticon's place as leader of the Underworld.
