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