mindmap root((强势)) masterful implies a strong personality and ability to act authoritatively: her ~ personality soon dominated the movement. domineering suggests an overbearing or tyrannical manner and an obstinate determination to enforce one's will: ~ older siblings, ordering the younger ones about. imperious implies a commanding nature or manner and often suggests arrogant assurance: an ~ executive used to getting his own way. peremptory implies an abrupt dictatorial manner coupled with an unwillingness to tolerate disobedience or dissent: a ~ style that does not allow for compromise. imperative implies peremptoriness arising more from the urgency of the situation than from an inherent will to dominate: an ~ appeal for assistance.