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