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