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