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