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imperious
(encz) | imperious,panovačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Imperious
(gcide) | Imperious \Im*pe"ri*ous\, a. [L. imperiosus: cf. F.
imp['e]rieux. See Imperial.]
1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.]
"A vast and imperious mind." --Tilloison.
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Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness,
Imperious. --Shak.
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2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant;
an imperious manner.
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This imperious man will work us all
From princes into pages. --Shak.
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His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon
made him conspicuous. --Macaulay.
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3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
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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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imperious
(wn) | 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 [syn: disdainful, haughty,
imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful,
sniffy, supercilious, swaggering] |
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imperiously
(encz) | imperiously,panovačně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
imperiousness
(encz) | imperiousness,pánovitost n: Zdeněk Brožimperiousness,rozkazovačnost |
Imperious
(gcide) | Imperious \Im*pe"ri*ous\, a. [L. imperiosus: cf. F.
imp['e]rieux. See Imperial.]
1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs.]
"A vast and imperious mind." --Tilloison.
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Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness,
Imperious. --Shak.
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2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant;
an imperious manner.
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This imperious man will work us all
From princes into pages. --Shak.
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His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon
made him conspicuous. --Macaulay.
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3. Imperative; urgent; compelling.
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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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Imperiously
(gcide) | Imperiously \Im*pe"ri*ous*ly\, adv.
In an imperious manner.
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Imperiousness
(gcide) | Imperiousness \Im*pe"ri*ous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance;
haughtiness.
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Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of
treating men who have reason of their own to guide
them. --Locke.
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imperiously
(wn) | imperiously
adv 1: in an imperious manner; "imperiously he cut her short" |
imperiousness
(wn) | imperiousness
n 1: the trait of being imperious and overbearing [syn:
imperiousness, domineeringness, overbearingness] |
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