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