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imperious 音標拼音: [ɪmp'ɪriəs] a. 專橫的,傲慢的,迫切的 專橫的,傲慢的,迫切的 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 [synonym: {disdainful}, {haughty}, {imperious}, {lordly}, {overbearing}, {prideful}, {sniffy}, {supercilious}, {swaggering}] 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. [1913 Webster] Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. [1913 Webster] This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. --Shak. [1913 Webster] His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. Imperative; urgent; compelling. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 85 Moby Thesaurus words for "imperious":
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