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