high-handedly Antonyms
Strongest:
- timid
- lowly
- subdued
- unpretentious
- passive
- humble
- subdued
- diffident
- sheepish
- diffident
- bashful
- bashful
- modest
- lowly
- shy
- humble
- modest
- shy
- passive
- unpretentious
- timid
- sheepish
Strong:
- unaggressive
- unarrogant
- self-critical
- shrinking
- self-critical
- mousy
- introverted
- compliant
- deferential
- mousy
- demure
- meek
- compliant
- mousey
- quiet
- unassuming
- unassertive
- submissive
- unaggressive
- acquiescent
- cringing
- unobtrusive
- yielding
- meek
- unassuming
- quiet
- demure
- submissive
- introverted
- unassertive
- deferential
- shrinking
- yielding
- unarrogant
- acquiescent
- cringing
- mousey
- unobtrusive
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- high-and-mighty
- important
- supercilious
- presumptuous
- peremptory
- uppity
- pretentious
- cavalier
- chesty
- uppish
- superior
- sniffy
- hifalutin
- assumptive
- pompous
- imperious
- smug
- masterful
- bumptious
- domineering
- dominant
- haughty
- authoritarian
- huffy
Weak:
- toplofty
- conceited
- self-centered
- egotistical
- pontifical
- braggy
- proud
- snobbish
- self-complacent
- highfalutin
- presuming
- patronizing
- huffish
- prideful
- toploftical
- cocky
- self-assertive
- egoistical
- hubristic
- self-conceited
- blustery
- egocentric
- vainglorious
- snooty
- blusterous
- lofty
- extraverted
- immodest
- complacent
- uninhibited
- saucy
- lordly
- self-asserting
- bombastic
- stuck-up
- pontificating
- impudent
- self-satisfied
- dominating
- disdainful
- vain
- magisterial
- bossy
- stiff-necked
- narcissistic
- high-hat
- boastful
- egotistic
- condescending
- snobby
- egoistic
- impertinent
- brash
- overweening
- swaggering
Meaning of high-handedly
high-handedly (r)
in a domineering high-handed manner
high-handedly Sentence Examples
- The boss treated his employees high-handedly, disregarding their opinions and concerns.
- The politician's high-handed speech alienated many voters who felt disrespected.
- The manager's high-handed decision to fire the team left them demoralized and resentful.
- The CEO's high-handed approach to negotiations resulted in a stalemate.
- The aristocrat's high-handed attitude towards his servants was infuriating.
- The teacher's high-handed punishment of students only served to create a climate of fear.
- The government's high-handed crackdown on dissent drew international condemnation.
- The bully's high-handed behavior made everyone in the school afraid of him.
- The police officer's high-handed treatment of the suspect led to widespread protests.
- The doctor's high-handed dismissal of the patient's concerns was both unprofessional and unethical.
FAQs About the word high-handedly
in a domineering high-handed manner
arrogant, high-and-mighty, important, supercilious, presumptuous, peremptory, uppity, pretentious,cavalier, chesty
timid, lowly, subdued, unpretentious, passive, humble, subdued, diffident, sheepish, diffident
The boss treated his employees high-handedly, disregarding their opinions and concerns.
The politician's high-handed speech alienated many voters who felt disrespected.
The manager's high-handed decision to fire the team left them demoralized and resentful.
The CEO's high-handed approach to negotiations resulted in a stalemate.
