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Imperious vs Pushy - What's the difference?

imperious | pushy |

As adjectives the difference between imperious and pushy

is that imperious is domineering, arrogant, or overbearing while pushy is aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.

imperious

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
  • * 1866 – , translated by C. J. Hogarth
    • ...she glanced about her in an imperious , challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
  • Urgent.
  • * 1891 –
    • 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.
  • (obsolete) Imperial or regal.
  • * 1895 –
    • She was quick, beautiful, imperious , while he was quiet, slow, and misty.

    Synonyms

    * (domineering) authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing

    Related terms

    * imperial * imperialism * imperialistic * imperially * imperialness * imperium

    pushy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
    • Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC

    Related terms

    * push