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Showing words for IMPERIOUS using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Imperious
[1] domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
[2] urgent; imperative: imperious need.
[3] domineering; arrogant; overbearing
[4] rare urgent; imperative
Words related to Imperious
haughty, dictatorial, high-handed, domineering, exacting, autocratic, arrogant, tyrannical, authoritative, commanding, compulsory, despotic, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required
Words nearby Imperious
imperial presidency, imperial valley, imperial war museum, imperialism, imperil, imperious, imperishable, imperium, impermanent, impermeable, impermissible
Origin of Imperious
1535–45; < Latin imperiōsus commanding, tyrannical, equivalent to imperi(um ) imperium + -ōsus -ous
Words that may be confused with Imperious
imperative, imperial, imperious
Other words from Imperious
im·pe·ri·ous·ly , adverb
im·pe·ri·ous·ness , noun
non·im·pe·ri·ous , adjective
non·im·pe·ri·ous·ly , adverb
non·im·pe·ri·ous·ness , noun
un·im·pe·ri·ous , adjective
un·im·pe·ri·ous·ly , adverb
Word origin for Imperious
C16: from Latin imperiōsus from imperium command, power
Synonyms for Imperious
arrogant, autocratic, dictatorial, domineering, exacting, haughty, high-handed, tyrannical, authoritative, commanding, compulsatory, compulsory, despotic, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required, tyrannous