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