English-Thai Dictionary

imperious

ADJ ที่ ครอบงำ  haughty domineering overbearing ti-krob-ngom

 

imperiously

ADV อย่าง เผด็จการ  อย่าง เร่งด่วน  อย่าง จำเป็น 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPERIOUS

a.[L. imperiosus.] 1. Commanding; dictatorial; haughty; arrogant; overbearing; domineering; as an imperious tyrant; an imperious dictator; an imperious man; an imperious temper.
2. Commanding; indicating an imperious temper; authoritative; as imperious words.
3. Powerful; overbearing; not to be opposed by obstacles; as a man of a vast and imperious mind.
4. Commanding; urgent; pressing; as imperious love; imperious circumstances; imperious appetite.
5. Authoritative; commanding with rightful authority.
The commandment high and imperious in its claims.

 

IMPERIOUSLY

adv. With arrogance of command; with a haughty air of authority; in a domineering manner. 1. With urgency or force not to be opposed.

 

IMPERIOUSNESS

n.Authority; air of command. 1. Arrogance of command; haughtiness.
Imperiousness and severity is an ill way of treating men who have reason to guide them.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPERIOUS

Im *pe "ri *ous, a. Etym: [L. imperiosus: cf. F. impérieux. See Imperial. ]

 

1. Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic. [Obs. ] "A vast and imperious mind. " Tilloison. Therefore, great lords, be, as your titles witness, Imperious. Shak.

 

2. Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner. This imperious man will work us all From princes into pages. Shak. His bold, contemptuous, and imperious spirit soon made him conspicuous. Macaulay.

 

3. Imperative; urgent; compelling. Imperious need, which can not be withstood. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Dictatorial; haughty; domineering; overbearing; lordly; tyrannical; despotic; arrogant; imperative; authoritative; commanding; pressing. -- 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 other feel their inferiority.

 

IMPERIOUSLY

IMPERIOUSLY Im *pe "ri *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an imperious manner.

 

IMPERIOUSNESS

IMPERIOUSNESS Im *pe "ri *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being imperious; arrogance; haughtiness. Imperiousness and severity is but an ill way of treating men who have reason of their own to guide them. Locke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

imperious

im pe ri ous |imˈpi (ə )rēəs ɪmˈpɪriəs | ▶adjective assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering: his imperious demands. DERIVATIVES im pe ri ous ly adverb, im pe ri ous ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin imperiosus, from imperium ‘command, authority, empire ’; related to imperare ‘to command. ’ Compare with imperial .

 

Oxford Dictionary

imperious

imperious |ɪmˈpɪərɪəs | ▶adjective arrogant and domineering: his imperious demands. DERIVATIVES imperiously adverb, imperiousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin imperiosus, from imperium ‘command, authority, empire ’; related to imperare ‘to command ’. Compare with imperial .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imperious

imperious adjective Black tells stories of imperious judges and duplicitous witnesses: peremptory, high-handed, commanding, imperial, overbearing, overweening, domineering, authoritarian, dictatorial, autocratic, authoritative, lordly, assertive, bossy, arrogant, haughty, presumptuous; informal pushy, high and mighty.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

imperious

imperious adjective he spoke to her in a very imperious manner: peremptory, high-handed, commanding, imperial, overbearing, overweening, domineering, authoritarian, dictatorial, authoritative, lordly, officious, assertive, dominating, bullish, forceful, bossy, arrogant; informal pushy, high and mighty, throwing one's weight around; rare pushful. ANTONYMS meek.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imperious

im pe ri ous /ɪmpɪ́ ə riəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 いばった, 尊大な, 横柄な, 傲慢 （ごうまん ）な .2 緊急の, 必要な ▸ an imperious need [necessity ]緊急の必要 ～ly 副詞 傲慢に .～ness 名詞 U 傲慢さ .