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