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