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Meanings of imperiousness in English

Portuguese
arrogância
Catalan
tirania

The trait of being imperious and overbearing.

        arrogância
        Usage of imperiousness in English
        1
        It was the Arranmore trick of imperiousness, and the man recognized it.
        A Prince of Sinners
        2
        The former imperiousness has not just been mislaid, it has been rejected.
        The Irish Times
        3
        There was an imperiousness in the lawyer's tone which was almost irresistible.
        Cousin Henry
        4
        Above all, he offended the allies by his haughty reserve and imperiousness.
        A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
        5
        She spoke with such imperiousness that Bunny judged it best to comply.
        Charles Rex
        6
        With a swift and graceful imperiousness, Sylvie suddenly rose and faced him.
        The Master-Christian
        7
        She motioned him to be seated with her characteristic suggestion of imperiousness.
        The Mayor of Warwick
        8
        With a trace of his former imperiousness of manner, he summoned him.
        The Mischief-Maker
        9
        Shimmer's irritation gave way to wonder at the woman's breathtaking imperiousness.
        Blood and Bone
        10
        The arrogance, the cold imperiousness of the message struck him dumb with amazement.
        Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
        11
        The men pulled up sharply and mechanically at that ring of military imperiousness.
        Sally Dows
        12
        And her eyes searched his with a certain boldness and imperiousness of gaze.
        The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
        13
        Stern principle alone enabled him to keep his native imperiousness within proper bounds.
        Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch
        14
        There was a certain imperiousness about Zachary such as became an emancipated black.
        The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story
        15
        Begin at the very first, she says, with a bewitching imperiousness.
        Floyd Grandon's Honor
        16
        With the old hauteur, the old touch of imperiousness, he returned Blake's glance.
        Max
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        Portuguese
        arrogância
        Imperiousness through the time
        Imperiousness across language varieties
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