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