Adjective: peremptory pu'rem(p)-tu-ree
- Not allowing contradiction or refusal
"spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands"
- Putting an end to all debate or action
"a peremptory decree"
- Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
"a swaggering peremptory manner";
- autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty [informal], magisterial
See also: decisive, domineering, imperative
Encyclopedia: Peremptory