Imperilled vs Imperious - What's the difference?
imperilled | imperious |
(imperil);
To put into peril; to place in danger or cause a hazard.
To risk.
Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
* 1866 – , translated by C. J. Hogarth
Urgent.
* 1891 –
(obsolete) Imperial or regal.
* 1895 –
As a verb imperilled
is (imperil);.As an adjective imperious is
domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.imperilled
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Verb
(head)imperil
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Verb
(British) (en-verb) (US)- "Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries." — "Wind Out of Their Sails", Jeffrey Winters, p. 31, Mechanical Engineering , June 2006
imperious
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Adjective
(-)- ...she glanced about her in an imperious , challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
- Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.
- She was quick, beautiful, imperious , while he was quiet, slow, and misty.
