peremptory
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(satellite adjective) putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree" |
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(satellite adjective) not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in commanding (or peremptory) tones"; "peremptory commands" |
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Synonyms: commanding |
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(satellite adjective) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" |
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Synonyms: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial |
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