high-handedly (Meaning)
high-handedly (r)
in a domineering high-handed manner
Synonyms & Antonyms of high-handedly
Synonyms:
- assumptive
- smug
- sniffy
- pretentious
- huffy
- chesty
- supercilious
- superior
- peremptory
- hifalutin
- imperious
- presumptuous
- haughty
- masterful
- uppish
- dominant
- important
- authoritarian
- pompous
- domineering
- high-and-mighty
- bumptious
- cavalier
- uppity
Antonyms:
- mousey
- unobtrusive
- shrinking
- unarrogant
- demure
- unassuming
- compliant
- demure
- quiet
- meek
- cringing
- mousy
- yielding
- self-critical
- unassuming
- meek
- yielding
- self-critical
- compliant
- unobtrusive
- quiet
- submissive
- shrinking
- acquiescent
- acquiescent
- unassertive
- unaggressive
- introverted
- unaggressive
- mousy
- unarrogant
- mousey
- cringing
- deferential
- deferential
- unassertive
- introverted
- submissive
Synonyms:
- snooty
- presuming
- prideful
- self-assertive
- egoistical
- vainglorious
- snobbish
- pontifical
- self-satisfied
- snobby
- immodest
- self-conceited
- highfalutin
- hubristic
- egocentric
- extraverted
- lofty
- conceited
- stuck-up
- egotistical
- egotistic
- stiff-necked
- blusterous
- brash
- blustery
- swaggering
- pontificating
- impertinent
- disdainful
- toploftical
- proud
- narcissistic
- self-asserting
- condescending
- vain
- boastful
- lordly
- braggy
- self-complacent
- overweening
- saucy
- impudent
- uninhibited
- huffish
- toplofty
- complacent
- high-hat
- cocky
- bombastic
- self-centered
- magisterial
- dominating
- bossy
- egoistic
- patronizing
Antonyms:
high-handedly Sentence Examples
- The boss treated his employees high-handedly, disregarding their opinions and concerns.
- The politician's high-handed speech alienated many voters who felt disrespected.
- The manager's high-handed decision to fire the team left them demoralized and resentful.
- The CEO's high-handed approach to negotiations resulted in a stalemate.
- The aristocrat's high-handed attitude towards his servants was infuriating.
- The teacher's high-handed punishment of students only served to create a climate of fear.
- The government's high-handed crackdown on dissent drew international condemnation.
- The bully's high-handed behavior made everyone in the school afraid of him.
- The police officer's high-handed treatment of the suspect led to widespread protests.
- The doctor's high-handed dismissal of the patient's concerns was both unprofessional and unethical.
FAQs About the word high-handedly
in a domineering high-handed manner
arrogant, assumptive, smug, sniffy, pretentious, huffy, chesty, supercilious, superior, peremptory
bashful, timid, shy, lowly, modest, diffident, sheepish, unpretentious, sheepish, lowly
The boss treated his employees high-handedly, disregarding their opinions and concerns.
The politician's high-handed speech alienated many voters who felt disrespected.
The manager's high-handed decision to fire the team left them demoralized and resentful.
The CEO's high-handed approach to negotiations resulted in a stalemate.
