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