9
authoritative(adjective, government, authoritative, domineering, overbearing)
9
compulsory(adjective, commanding, required, authoritative, overbearing)
9
obligatory(adjective, essential, commanding, required, authoritative)
9
proud(adjective, aloof, pretentious, arrogant, oppressive)
9
supercilious(adjective, aloof, pride, pretentious, arrogant)
8
high and mighty(expression, adjective, idiom, aloof, pride)
8
oppressive(adjective, hard, domineering, tyrannical, authoritarian)
8
overweening(adjective, pride, arrogant, haughty, insolence)
8
pompous(adjective, aloof, pretentious, arrogant, oppressive)
7
judgemental
6
commanding(adjective, authoritative, overbearing, bossy)
6
disdainful(adjective, aloof, pride, pretentious, arrogant)
6
insistent(adjective, demanding)
6
mandatory(adjective, necessary, commanding, required, authoritative)
6
urgent
5
imperial(adjective, noble, grand, oppressive, domineering)
5
necessary(required, obligatory, compulsory, mandatory)
5
positive
5
severe
5
snotty(adjective, aloof, pretentious, arrogant, haughty)
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