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