high-handed
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adjective \-ˈhan-dəd\Definition of HIGH-HANDED
: having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others : arbitrary, overbearing
— high–hand·ed·ly adverb
— high–hand·ed·ness noun
See First Known Use of HIGH-HANDED
1631
Related to HIGH-HANDED
- Synonyms
- assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
- Antonyms
- humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious
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