imperious

adj

1. (not-comparable)Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.

   “The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine, That with his terrour and imperious eies, Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]”

   “[…] she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.”

   “She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.”

   “I had travelled one morning down to Aylesbury, and had left my train, and was about to cross the footbridge, when I heard the imperious whistle of a "B1." I paused, and round the bend came the "Master Cutler" with its engine working absolutely flat out.”

   ““Hey, sir? Sir, excuse me?” The blonde was calling out to him, in imperious tones that insisted on a reply.”

2. (not-comparable)Urgent; intensely compelling.

   “Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.”

   “An old man to whom a few drops of phosphoric ether had been administered experienced repeated and imperious venereal wants.”

3. (not-comparable, obsolete)Imperial or regal.

   “All the terrors of Antichrist; his cruel ediets and anathemas that were thundered from his imperious throne, like storms of fire and brimstone […]”