Imperious
Pompous
Pompous adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Usage example: the pompous waiter served us in the manner of a person doing some poor soul a great favor
Imperious is a synonym for pompous in self-important topic. You can use "Imperious" instead an adjective "Pompous", if it concerns topics such as arrogant.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- affected and imperious
- affected and pompous
- lofty and imperious
- lofty and pompous
- self-important and imperious
- self-important and pompous
- overbearing and imperious
- overbearing and pompous
- haughty and imperious
- haughty and pompous
- pretentious and imperious
- pretentious and pompous
- grandiose and imperious
- grandiose and pompous
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