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