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Done, or behaving, in a brusquely imperious or authoritarian way

Final, not open to appeal or challenge

Compulsory, as required or commanded by authority

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Making continual and persistent demands

Not subject to any limitation, particularly in relation to power or authority

(law) Performed speedily and without formal ceremony

Rudely abrupt and unfriendly in nature

Having great influence on the result of something

Foretelling or predictive of the future

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Adjective

Done, or behaving, in a brusquely imperious or authoritarian way

anti-democratic

high and mighty

throwing one's weight around

unconstitutional

throwing weight around

high-and-mighty

throwing one's weight about

not backward in coming forward

no ifs ands or buts

in driver's seat

on your high horse

full of oneself

dyed-in-the-wool

believing in oneself

self-respecting

through-and-through

pick-and-shovel

stubborn as a mule

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“So fierce is his gaze, so peremptory his order, that even the shoppers forget the cold for a moment and stare in undisguised curiosity at the man with the red hackle.”

Adjective

Final, not open to appeal or challenge

incontrovertible

unchallengeable

in for the long haul

fixed as the laws of the Medes and the Persians

set in concrete

forever and a day

well-established

fixed as the laws of the Medes and Persians

not subject to change

tough nut to crack

till the cows come home

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“Disobedience to a peremptory order of the court would be sufficient to satisfy the first condition.”

Adjective

Compulsory, as required or commanded by authority

against your will

against one's wishes

of the utmost importance

of great consequence

vitally important

meat-and-potatoes

earth-shattering

mission-critical

business-critical

name-of-the-game

at the heart of

socially obligatory

conforming to accepted standards

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“The deliberate ambiguity of Curzon's policy explains in part why he and Poincare acceded to Mussolini's peremptory request to meet them at Territet.”

Adjective

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

high-and-mighty

high and mighty

self-opinionated

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

full of oneself

putting on airs

on your high horse

self-complacent

self-glorifying

holier-than-thou

self-flattering

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

self-congratulatory

self-applauding

self-respecting

full of yourself

offensively self-assertive

take-it-or-leave-it

pleased with yourself

self-aggrandizing

too big for your boots

throwing one's weight about

full of hot air

too big for your breeches

swollen with pride

on a high horse

nose in the air

too big for your britches

coming on strong

full of airs and graces

blowing one's own trumpet

think too highly of oneself

pleased with oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

in love with oneself

think a lot of oneself

as bold as brass

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“Her condescending and peremptory attitude to the Graffs is based on the fact that she considers herself better than Selena.”

Adjective

Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

lacking civility

uncomplimentary

tongue-in-cheek

as bold as brass

mincingly clever

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Adjective

Not reasoned

Adjective

Making continual and persistent demands

tall in the saddle

on one's mettle

meaning business

committed to the idea of

self-opinionated

full of determination

dyed-in-the-wool

bound and determined

tried and tested

as game as Ned Kelly

unaccommodating

stubborn as a mule

set in one's ways

standing one's ground

not giving an inch

through and through

sticking to one's guns

single-minded about

pulling no punches

obsessive about

inflexible about

stop at nothing

fanatical about

bred-in-the-bone

string along with

self-disciplined

unimpressionable

in for long haul

insistent about

set in concrete

playing hard ball

going for broke

meaning what one says

set in your ways

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

not discouraged

keen as mustard

as keen as mustard

true to the end

hold your ground

difficult to keep down

as thick as thieves

rolling with punches

quick to recover

quick to bounce back

like a ball of fire

desiring success

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

having killer instinct

through-and-through

tough nut to crack

tough as old boots

like death and taxes

on the up and up

high-principled

as tough as old boots

well-constructed

long-established

closely controlled

strictly controlled

rigidly enforced

well established

firmly established

well-established

taken for granted

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Adjective

Not subject to any limitation, particularly in relation to power or authority

no holds barred

no ifs ands or buts

dyed-in-the-wool

through and through

in every respect

without reservations

incontrovertible

without reservation

one hundred per cent

without qualification

nothing other than

rightly so called

with no strings

without reserve

no strings attached

hundred percent

straightforward

as keen as mustard

true to the end

free from doubt

brutally honest

all-encompassing

lock stock and barrel

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Adjective

(law) Performed speedily and without formal ceremony

Adjective

Rudely abrupt and unfriendly in nature

not afraid to call a spade a spade

ill-humoured^UK

pulling no punches

straight from the shoulder

not beating about the bush

not mincing one's words

calling a spade a spade

speaking one's mind

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Adjective

Having great influence on the result of something

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

earth-shattering

vitally important

meat-and-potatoes

name-of-the-game

of vital importance

extremely important

world-shattering

of great moment

life-threatening

highest ranking

hanging by thread

demanding attention

mission-critical

business-critical

at the heart of

a matter of life and death

extremely helpful

extremely useful

worth its weight in gold

ground-breaking

most influential

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Adjective

Foretelling or predictive of the future

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