Peremptory

[adj] putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree"
[adj] not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in commanding (or peremptory) tones"; "peremptory commands"
[adj] 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, commanding, decisive, dominating, domineering, high-and-mighty, imperative, magisterial

Related Terms

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