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imperious
adjective as in bossy, overbearing
Example Sentences
She excelled on stage and screen in Alan Bennett’s “The Lady in the Van,” playing a crotchety squatter with an imperious sense of entitlement.
She hit her stride with imperious characters and class-conscious snobs.
His imperious approach onto the green at the par-five 17th was matched by a sensational 46-foot putt that yielded only the second eagle of the final day on that penultimate hole.
Despite Norris’ imperious win, the average points gain by which he needs to eat into Verstappen’s lead still went up slightly to 8.7 a race.
"During the debate, Harris scrapped the time-worn, fruitless Democratic practice of treating Trump mainly as a dangerous, imperious liar. Instead, she cast him as insecure, tiresome, and small."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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