expecting unquestioning obedience; the timid child of authoritarian parents; insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
[ Syn: authoritarian , dictatorial ]
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines; haughty aristocrats; his lordly manners were offensive; walked with a prideful swagger; very sniffy about breaches of etiquette; his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air; a more swaggering mood than usual- W.L.Shirer
[ Syn: disdainful , haughty , imperious , lordly , prideful , sniffy , supercilious , swaggering ]