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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BIG
Marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"

5 letters

PROUD
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

LOFTY
Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

HUFFY
Roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

BOSSY
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"

PUSHY
Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"

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SNIFFY
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

LORDLY
Of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

MASTER
An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

FEUDAL
Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism

SNOTTY
Dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids"

UPPISH
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"

STRICT
Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

SNOOTY
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"

SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

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HAUGHTY
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

IMPERIL
Pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"

UPSTAGE
Move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

UNASKED
Not asked for; "unasked advice"; "unsolicited junk mail"

STUCKUP

REGNANT
Exercising power or authority

POMPOUS
Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

DISDAIN
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

BRUSQUE
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

BOSSISM
Domination of a political organization by a party boss

8 letters

TOPLOFTY

IMPERIAL
A piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

GRINDING
Material resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"

DOGMATIC
Characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

DESPOTIC
Belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot

CAVALIER
A gallant or courtly gentleman

BULLYING
The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

ABSOLUTE
Something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"

PRIDEFUL
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

ARROGANT
Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

MASTERLY
Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"

SUPERIOR
Of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

INSOLENT
Marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

DOMINANT
An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

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OFFICIOUS
Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"

IMPERIOUS
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

OVERULING

OPRESSIVE

PREVELANT

PARAMOUNT
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

TYRANNOUS
Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

SOVEREIGN
A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

MASTERFUL
Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"

HIGHNOSED

HIGHFLOWN

MAGISTRAL

ASSERTIVE
Aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"

ASCENDANT
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

ARBITRARY
Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"

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MONOCRATIC

LORDLINESS
Formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"

IMPERATIVE
Some duty that is essential and urgent

HOITYTOITY

HIGHHEADED

AUTOCRATIC
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"

ABSOLUTIST
One who advocates absolutism

HIGHHANDED

SWAGGERING
Flamboyantly adventurous

HARDHANDED

SUPRESSIVE

UNGRACIOUS
Lacking social graces

TYRANNICAL
Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

REPRESSIVE
Restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"

PURSEPROUD

POSSESSIVE
The case expressing ownership

PEREMPTORY
Putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree"

DISDAINFUL
Expressing extreme contempt

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PREDOMINANT
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

PRETENTIOUS
Intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"

PREDOMINATE
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

PATRONIZING
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

OVERWEENING
Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times

OPINIONATED
Obstinate in your opinions

MAGISTERIAL
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

HIGHFALUTIN
Affectedly genteel

HEAVYHANDED

DOMINEERING
Tending to domineer

DICTATORIAL
Of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers"

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SUPERCILIOUS
Expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

AUTHORTATIVE

AUTHORTARIAN

PRESCRIPTIVE
Pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

PREPONDERANT
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

HIGHFALUTING
Affectedly genteel

ARISTOCRATIC
Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

ABSOLUTISTIC
Pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism

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SELFIMPORTANT

HIGHANDMIGHTY

OVERCONFIDENT
Marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"

CONDESCENDING
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

AUTHORITARIAN
A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"