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