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