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