high-handed Antonyms
Strongest:
- sheepish
- humble
- modest
- humble
- unpretentious
- unpretentious
- diffident
- shy
- lowly
- passive
- bashful
- timid
- subdued
- modest
- diffident
- bashful
- lowly
- sheepish
- passive
- timid
- shy
- subdued
Strong:
- unarrogant
- unobtrusive
- unobtrusive
- shrinking
- submissive
- unaggressive
- shrinking
- unassertive
- yielding
- demure
- introverted
- compliant
- yielding
- self-critical
- mousy
- acquiescent
- quiet
- demure
- unaggressive
- meek
- meek
- cringing
- deferential
- compliant
- quiet
- cringing
- introverted
- acquiescent
- mousy
- mousey
- unassuming
- unassuming
- submissive
- unassertive
- deferential
- mousey
- unarrogant
- self-critical
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- assumptive
- smug
- bumptious
- pompous
- authoritarian
- chesty
- huffy
- imperious
- supercilious
- peremptory
- pretentious
- hifalutin
- dominant
- superior
- important
- cavalier
- sniffy
- uppity
- high-and-mighty
- presumptuous
- domineering
- haughty
- uppish
- masterful
Weak:
- highfalutin
- toplofty
- toploftical
- presuming
- magisterial
- self-assertive
- self-satisfied
- self-complacent
- bossy
- bombastic
- impertinent
- prideful
- pontificating
- self-asserting
- egoistical
- lordly
- braggy
- vain
- extraverted
- snobby
- condescending
- uninhibited
- high-hat
- stuck-up
- egotistic
- lofty
- snooty
- vainglorious
- narcissistic
- egoistic
- self-conceited
- saucy
- blustery
- blusterous
- dominating
- snobbish
- disdainful
- self-centered
- swaggering
- patronizing
- cocky
- pontifical
- boastful
- huffish
- immodest
- impudent
- egocentric
- overweening
- stiff-necked
- proud
- brash
- conceited
- complacent
- egotistical
- hubristic
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, assumptive, smug, bumptious, pompous, authoritarian, chesty, huffy, imperious, supercilious
sheepish,humble, modest, humble, unpretentious, unpretentious, diffident, shy, lowly, passive
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.
