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