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