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