high-handed (Meaning)
high-handed (s)
given to haughty disregard of others
high-handed (a.)
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
Synonyms & Antonyms of high-handed
Synonyms:
- smug
- assumptive
- peremptory
- haughty
- important
- presumptuous
- uppity
- authoritarian
- cavalier
- imperious
- masterful
- pretentious
- supercilious
- uppish
- hifalutin
- dominant
- pompous
- sniffy
- high-and-mighty
- bumptious
- huffy
- superior
- domineering
- chesty
Antonyms:
- demure
- quiet
- unarrogant
- shrinking
- yielding
- quiet
- unobtrusive
- meek
- cringing
- unaggressive
- mousey
- mousey
- unobtrusive
- unassuming
- acquiescent
- unassertive
- introverted
- unarrogant
- meek
- submissive
- acquiescent
- self-critical
- unaggressive
- mousy
- mousy
- compliant
- submissive
- unassuming
- deferential
- shrinking
- introverted
- deferential
- demure
- cringing
- unassertive
- yielding
- self-critical
- compliant
Synonyms:
- conceited
- egotistical
- prideful
- blusterous
- bombastic
- patronizing
- self-assertive
- snobby
- saucy
- egotistic
- pontifical
- self-asserting
- highfalutin
- self-complacent
- swaggering
- immodest
- narcissistic
- presuming
- cocky
- dominating
- boastful
- magisterial
- overweening
- egoistic
- hubristic
- snobbish
- toploftical
- high-hat
- bossy
- toplofty
- lofty
- pontificating
- impudent
- stiff-necked
- disdainful
- vain
- complacent
- self-centered
- vainglorious
- brash
- egocentric
- blustery
- impertinent
- proud
- egoistical
- self-conceited
- uninhibited
- condescending
- extraverted
- lordly
- self-satisfied
- stuck-up
- snooty
- braggy
- huffish
Antonyms:
high-handed Sentence Examples
- The manager's high-handed dismissal of employee concerns sparked resentment within the team.
- The government's high-handed handling of the crisis only worsened the situation.
- The teacher's high-handed approach to discipline created a hostile learning environment.
- The company's high-handed policies led to numerous lawsuits.
- The police officer's high-handed attitude toward the suspect drew criticism.
- The boss's high-handed manner made it difficult for employees to approach him.
- The politician's high-handed promises rang hollow in the wake of his failure to deliver.
- The landlord's high-handed eviction notice left the tenants scrambling for shelter.
- The judge's high-handed verdict shocked the courtroom.
- The parent's high-handed treatment of their child stifled their creativity.
FAQs About the word high-handed
given to haughty disregard of othersOverbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
arrogant, smug, assumptive, peremptory, haughty, important, presumptuous, uppity, authoritarian,cavalier
shy, passive, passive, unpretentious, lowly, sheepish, bashful, subdued, subdued,humble
The manager's high-handed dismissal of employee concerns sparked resentment within the team.
The government's high-handed handling of the crisis only worsened the situation.
The teacher's high-handed approach to discipline created a hostile learning environment.
The company's high-handed policies led to numerous lawsuits.
