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