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