Definitions for imperious

imperious im·pe·ri·ous

Spelling: [im-peer-ee-uh s]
IPA: /ɪmˈpɪər i əs/

Imperious is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 413 anagrams from letters in imperious (eiimoprsu).

Definitions for imperious

adjective

  1. domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing:
  2. urgent; imperative:

Origin of imperious

1535-45; Latin imperiōsus commanding, tyrannical, equivalent to imperi(um) imperium + -ōsus -ous

Examples for imperious

imperious despot, insolent in strife, Lover of ruin, enemy of life!

He had acted "in obedience to the clear and imperious call of public obligation."

A trademark outfit is vital to sending out the right signals of imperious power as real-life dictators understand all too well.

Her voice cut fiercely into the quiet of the room, imperious, savage.

In the following issue, The Group was the subject of a snide, imperious review by Norman Mailer.

And while Chasen could be imperious, “road rage was not her thing.”

He, with an imperious air, bid me deserve his love, and I should be sure to have it.

He alarmed her with his imperious gesture, and she turned from him, clinging to my neck.

It filled his heart with delight to play with the fierce, imperious animal he rode.

She was just as colossally commanding as ever, just as imperious.

Word Value for imperious
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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