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