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peremptory
adjective
1 peremptory
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power:
— A swaggering peremptory manner.
synonyms: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial.
Roget 926:
obligatory,
binding;
imperative,
peremptory;
stringent
etc.
(severe)
739;
behooving
etc.
v.;
incumbent on,
chargeable on;
under obligation;
obliged by,
bound by,
tied by;
saddled with.
due to,
beholden to,
bound to,
indebted to;
tied down;
compromised
etc.
(promised)
768;
in duty bound.
amenable,
liable,
accountable,
responsible,
answerable.
right,
meet
etc.
(due)
924;
moral,
ethical,
casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological.
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Roget 744:
compelling
etc.
v.;
coercive,
coactive†;
inexorable
etc.
739;
compulsory,
compulsatory†;
obligatory,
stringent,
peremptory.
forcible,
not to be trifled with;
irresistible
etc.
601;
compelled
etc.
v.;
fain to.
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Roget 739:
severe;
strict,
hard,
harsh,
dour,
rigid,
stiff,
stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising,
exacting,
exigent,
exigeant†,
inexorable,
inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed,
hard-nosed,
hard-shell [U.S.],
relentless,
Spartan,
Draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced,
searching,
unsparing,
iron-handed,
peremptory,
absolute,
positive,
arbitrary,
imperative;
coercive
etc.
744;
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial;
inclement
etc.
(ruthless)
914.1;
cruel
etc.
(malevolent)
907;
haughty,
arrogant
etc.
885;
precisian†.
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Roget 737a:
regal,
sovereign,
governing;
royal,
royalist;
monarchical,
kingly;
imperial,
imperiatorial†;
princely;
feudal;
aristocratic,
autocratic;
oligarchic
etc.
n.;
republican,
dynastic.
ruling
etc.
v.;
regnant,
gubernatorial;
imperious;
authoritative,
executive,
administrative,
clothed with authority,
official,
departmental,
ex officio,
imperative,
peremptory,
overruling,
absolute;
hegemonic,
hegemonical†;
authorized
etc.
(due)
924.
[pertaining to property owned by government]
government,
public;
national,
federal;
his majesty's [Brit.],
her majesty's;
state,
county,
city,
etc.
N..
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Roget 535:
asserting
etc.
v.;
declaratory,
predicatory†,
pronunciative†,
affirmative,
soi-disant [Fr.];
positive;
certain
etc.
474;
express,
explicit
etc.
(patent)
525;
absolute,
emphatic,
flat,
broad,
round,
pointed,
marked,
distinct,
decided,
confident,
trenchant,
dogmatic,
definitive,
formal,
solemn,
categorical,
peremptory;
unretracted†;
predicable.
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Roget 604:
resolved
etc.
v.;
determined;
strong-willed,
strong-minded;
resolute
etc.
(brave)
861;
self-possessed;
decided,
definitive,
peremptory,
tranchant†;
unhesitating,
unflinching,
unshrinking†;
firm,
iron,
gritty [U.S.],
indomitable,
game to the backbone;
inexorable,
relentless,
not to be shaken,
not to be put down;
tenax propositi [Lat.];
inflexible
etc.
(hard)
323;
obstinate
etc.
606;
steady
etc.
(persevering)
604.1.
earnest,
serious;
set upon,
bent upon,
intent upon.
steel against,
proof against;
in utrumque paratus [Lat.].
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Polish: autokratyczny
2 peremptory
Not allowing contradiction or refusal.
3 peremptory
Putting an end to all debate or action.
Moby thesaurus: absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, admitting no exception, all-out, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bigoted, binding, bossy, categorical, certain, clear, commanding, compelling, complete, compulsory, conceited, conclusive, de rigueur, decided, decisive, decretal, decretive, decretory, definite, definitive, despotic, determinate, dictated, dictating, dictatorial, directive, doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dogmatic, dogmatizing, domineering, downright, emphatic, entailed, entire, explicit, express, feudal, final, firm, fixed, flat, flat-out, global, grinding, hard-and-fast, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, implicit, imposed, inappealable, incontrovertible, indisputable, insistent, instructive, irrefutable, irrevocable, jussive, lordly, magisterial, magistral, mandated, mandating, mandatory, masterful, monocratic, must, necessary, obligating, obligatory, obstinate, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, oppressive, oracular, out-and-out, outright, overbearing, overruling, perfect, pontifical, positive, positivistic, preceptive, preclusive, prescript, prescriptive, pronunciative, repressive, required, round, self-opinionated, self-opinioned, severe, straight, straight-out, strict, suppressive, total, tyrannical, tyrannous, ultimate, uncircumscribed, uncompromising, unconditional, unconditioned, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unwaivable, utter, whole, without appeal, without exception, without reserve ... show more.
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