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