imperious.

Behaving with commanding arrogance as though entitled to immediate obedience.

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Words that belong together

• imperious command
• imperious manner

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An imperious command stopped the conversation at once.

Her imperious manner survived the loss of the uniform.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more imperious; superlative most imperious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.