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