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