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