English > imperious: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. |
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Synonyms | disdainful, haughty, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
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Broader | proud | Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth |
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Spanish | altivo, arrogante, desdeñoso, despectivo, imperioso, orgulloso, soberbio |
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Catalan | arrogant, desdenyós, despectiu, imperiós, superb |
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Nouns | imperiousness | the trait of being imperious and overbearing |
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Adverbs | imperiously | in an imperious manner |
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