Imperious

/ɪmˈpɪə̯.ɹi.əs/ · adjective

Meaning

Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing..

Definitions by Sense

1. Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
2. Urgent; intensely compelling.
3. (obsolete) Imperial or regal.

Example Sentences

The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine, That with his terrour and imperious eies, Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]

[…] she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.

She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.

I had travelled one morning down to Aylesbury, and had left my train, and was about to cross the footbridge, when I heard the imperious whistle of a "B1." I paused, and round the bend came the "Master Cutler" with its engine working absolutely flat out.

“Hey, sir? Sir, excuse me?” The blonde was calling out to him, in imperious tones that insisted on a reply.

Saliba, meanwhile, has returned to Arsenal looking like the finished article after the 21-year-old France defender spent loan spells at Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille. He has been imperious since the opening game at Brentford, establishing a formidable partnership with Gabriel.

Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.

An old man to whom a few drops of phosphoric ether had been administered experienced repeated and imperious venereal wants.

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