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imperious
UK /ɪmˈpɪə̯.ɹi.əs/ US /ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əs/
adj 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
beautiful, challenging, quick
IMPERIOUS + NOUN
eies
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
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.
2
Urgent; intensely compelling.
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.
3
Imperial or regal.
All the terrors of Antichrist; his cruel ediets and anathemas that were thundered from his imperious throne, like storms of fire and brimstone […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of tho
- disdainful
- haughty
- lordly
- overbearing
- prideful
- sniffy
- supercilious
- swaggering
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine, That with his terrour and imperious eies, Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]
Wiktionary02
[…] she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
Wiktionary03
She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.
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