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