high-handed Antonyms
Strongest:
- lowly
- timid
- sheepish
- bashful
- subdued
- shy
- modest
- sheepish
- diffident
- modest
- unpretentious
- bashful
- passive
- humble
- humble
- unpretentious
- passive
- diffident
- shy
- timid
- lowly
- subdued
Strong:
- submissive
- mousy
- unarrogant
- introverted
- yielding
- acquiescent
- unaggressive
- demure
- compliant
- unassertive
- submissive
- meek
- unassertive
- unobtrusive
- unarrogant
- mousy
- deferential
- cringing
- introverted
- unassuming
- mousey
- quiet
- self-critical
- unassuming
- self-critical
- demure
- deferential
- unaggressive
- shrinking
- compliant
- yielding
- meek
- cringing
- shrinking
- acquiescent
- unobtrusive
- mousey
- quiet
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- domineering
- assumptive
- chesty
- pompous
- peremptory
- superior
- haughty
- authoritarian
- important
- uppish
- supercilious
- hifalutin
- smug
- pretentious
- huffy
- masterful
- imperious
- uppity
- presumptuous
- sniffy
- cavalier
- dominant
- high-and-mighty
- bumptious
Weak:
- self-satisfied
- blustery
- boastful
- high-hat
- egoistical
- pontificating
- immodest
- disdainful
- highfalutin
- brash
- dominating
- proud
- prideful
- stuck-up
- egotistic
- impertinent
- patronizing
- egotistical
- magisterial
- self-conceited
- swaggering
- narcissistic
- snooty
- huffish
- extraverted
- self-centered
- vain
- self-assertive
- snobby
- self-complacent
- stiff-necked
- toploftical
- braggy
- condescending
- vainglorious
- complacent
- overweening
- saucy
- egoistic
- presuming
- cocky
- bombastic
- pontifical
- egocentric
- impudent
- uninhibited
- bossy
- snobbish
- lordly
- lofty
- toplofty
- conceited
- hubristic
- self-asserting
- blusterous
Meaning of high-handed
high-handed (s)
given to haughty disregard of others
high-handed (a.)
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
high-handed Sentence Examples
- The manager's high-handed dismissal of employee concerns sparked resentment within the team.
- The government's high-handed handling of the crisis only worsened the situation.
- The teacher's high-handed approach to discipline created a hostile learning environment.
- The company's high-handed policies led to numerous lawsuits.
- The police officer's high-handed attitude toward the suspect drew criticism.
- The boss's high-handed manner made it difficult for employees to approach him.
- The politician's high-handed promises rang hollow in the wake of his failure to deliver.
- The landlord's high-handed eviction notice left the tenants scrambling for shelter.
- The judge's high-handed verdict shocked the courtroom.
- The parent's high-handed treatment of their child stifled their creativity.
FAQs About the word high-handed
given to haughty disregard of othersOverbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
arrogant, domineering, assumptive, chesty, pompous, peremptory, superior, haughty, authoritarian, important
lowly, timid, sheepish, bashful, subdued, shy, modest, sheepish, diffident, modest
The manager's high-handed dismissal of employee concerns sparked resentment within the team.
The government's high-handed handling of the crisis only worsened the situation.
The teacher's high-handed approach to discipline created a hostile learning environment.
The company's high-handed policies led to numerous lawsuits.
