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im·pe·ri·ous

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–adjective

1.	domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.

2.	urgent; imperative: imperious need.

[Origin: 1535–45; < L imperiōsus commanding, tyrannical, equiv. to imperi(um) imperium + -ōsus -ous

]

—Related forms

im·pe·ri·ous·ly, adverb

im·pe·ri·ous·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. tyrannical, despotic, arrogant. 2. necessary.

—Antonyms 1. submissive. 2. unnecessary.

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im·pe·ri·ous Audio Help (ĭm-pîr'ē-əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial.
Urgent; pressing.
Obsolete Regal; imperial.

[From Latin imperiōsus, from imperium, imperium; see empire.]

im·pe'ri·ous·ly adv., im·pe'ri·ous·ness n.

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imperious

1541, from L. imperiosus "commanding, mighty, powerful," from imperium "empire, command" (see empire).

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imperious
adjective
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]

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imperious [imˈpiəriəs] adjective

proud, behaving as if expecting to be obeyed
Example: an imperious manner

Arabic:	مُتَعَجْرِف، مُتَجَبِّر
Chinese (Simplified):	专横的
Chinese (Traditional):	專橫的
Czech:	pánovitý
Danish:	myndig
Dutch:	heerszuchtig
Estonian:	kõrk
Finnish:	kopea
French:	impérieux
German:	herrisch
Greek:	αυταρχικός
Hungarian:	parancsoló
Icelandic:	hrokafullur; ráðríkur
Indonesian:	angkuh
Italian:	imperioso

Japanese:	おうへいな
Korean:	거만한
Latvian:	pavēlniecisks; valdonīgs; kategorisks
Lithuanian:	arogantiškas, įsakmus
Norwegian:	hovmodig, myndig
Polish:	władczy
Portuguese (Brazil):	imperioso
Portuguese (Portugal):	imperioso
Romanian:	arogant
Russian:	повелительный
Slovak:	panovačný
Slovenian:	oblasten
Spanish:	imperioso
Swedish:	befallande, högdragen
Turkish:	emreden, buyurucu