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单词 high-handed
释义

high-handed

adjective

high-hand·​ed ˈhī-ˈhan-dəd How to pronounce high-handed (audio)
: having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others : arbitrary, overbearing
high-handedly adverb
high-handedness noun

Synonyms

  • arrogant
  • assumptive
  • bumptious
  • cavalier
  • chesty
  • haughty
  • high-and-mighty
  • high-hat
  • highfalutin
  • hifalutin
  • huffish
  • huffy
  • imperious
  • important
  • lofty
  • lordly
  • masterful
  • overweening
  • peremptory
  • pompous
  • presuming
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • self-asserting
  • self-assertive
  • sniffy
  • stiff-necked
  • supercilious
  • superior
  • toplofty
  • toploftical
  • uppish
  • uppity
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Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

high-handed

adjective

high-hand·​ed
ˈhī-ˈhan-dəd
: having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others

high-handed

adjective

1
as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude the manager displayed a high-handed demeanor that increasingly demoralized the members of his staff

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • arrogant
  • cavalier
  • domineering
  • supercilious
  • superior
  • bumptious
  • haughty
  • uppity
  • sniffy
  • pompous
  • imperious
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • assumptive
  • authoritarian
  • smug
  • huffy
  • uppish
  • dominant
  • masterful
  • high-and-mighty
  • important
  • peremptory
  • patronizing
  • condescending
  • overweening
  • dominating
  • impudent
  • chesty
  • presuming
  • hifalutin
  • highfalutin
  • self-assertive
  • bossy
  • lordly
  • toplofty
  • huffish
  • self-asserting
  • snobbish
  • disdainful
  • stiff-necked
  • proud
  • lofty
  • snooty
  • magisterial
  • toploftical
  • snobby
  • boastful
  • high-hat
  • saucy
  • bombastic
  • vainglorious
  • pontifical
  • swaggering
  • conceited
  • impertinent
  • hubristic
  • cocky
  • egocentric
  • pontificating
  • narcissistic
  • vain
  • egotistic
  • egotistical
  • braggart
  • blusterous
  • egoistic
  • blustery
  • bragging
  • complacent
  • uninhibited
  • prideful
  • stuck-up
  • egoistical
  • self-centered
  • brash
  • self-conceited
  • immodest
  • self-satisfied
  • self-complacent
  • braggy
  • self-flattering
  • self-promoting
  • extroverted
  • unreserved
  • self-pleased
  • self-affected
  • self-loving
  • self-applauding
  • extraverted
  • orgulous
  • forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • humble
  • modest
  • timid
  • unpretentious
  • diffident
  • lowly
  • sheepish
  • bashful
  • subdued
  • passive
  • deferential
  • shy
  • demure
  • introverted
  • acquiescent
  • meek
  • mousy
  • unassertive
  • unassuming
  • submissive
  • shrinking
  • unarrogant
  • unaggressive
  • unobtrusive
  • compliant
  • quiet
  • yielding
  • cringing
  • mousey
  • self-doubting
  • self-critical
  • reserved
  • cowering
  • overmodest
  • retiring
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2
as in arbitrary
having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity that country club tends to be rather high-handed about whom they let in and whom they shut out

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • arbitrary
  • arrogant
  • authoritarian
  • dictatorial
  • unfair
  • imperious
  • unreasonable
  • domineering
  • inconsistent
  • wilful
  • willful
  • peremptory
  • unjust
  • autocratic
  • dominant
  • haughty
  • tyrannical
  • despotic
  • overbearing
  • capricious
  • presumptuous
  • commanding
  • totalitarian
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • erratic
  • demanding
  • tyrannous
  • partisan
  • prejudiced
  • whimsical
  • tyrannic
  • biased
  • unequal
  • inequitable
  • mercurial
  • unethical
  • masterful
  • unrealistic
  • imperative
  • unconscionable
  • lordly
  • autocratical
  • changeable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disinterested
  • dispassionate
  • equitable
  • impartial
  • fair
  • reasonable
  • balanced
  • equal
  • rational
  • objective
  • evenhanded
  • just
  • nonpartisan
  • understanding
  • honorable
  • moral
  • unbiased
  • unprejudiced
  • ethical
  • irreproachable
  • unimpeachable
  • principled
  • law-abiding
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