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