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