imperious English

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What does imperious mean?

imperious

— adjective (= disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering) 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

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imperious English » English

overbearing

haughty

proud

masterful

arrogant

magisterial

lordly

disdainful

dictatorial

despotic

autocratic

swaggering

supercilious

sniffy

prideful

peremptory

domineering

bossy

absolute

vain

urgent

tyrannical

snobbish

self-satisfied

self-important

self assertive

riotous

priggish

perplexed

officious

involuntary

impetuous

imperative

hasty

forceful

egotistical

contented

confused

conceited

commanding

cocky

chaotic

ceremonious

autocratical

authoritative

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Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

• What words describe someone who is proud?
  proud aloof arrogant bigheaded boastful brash conceited contemptuous egocentric egotistic egotistical hoity-toity imperious inflated lofty ostentatious pretentious prideful proud hearted puffed up self-aggrandizing self-confident uppity vain