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