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