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