high-handed
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Definition of high-handed
: having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others : arbitrary, overbearing
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Synonyms & Antonyms for high-handed
Synonyms
arrogant, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-hat, highfalutin (also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, supercilious, superior, uppish, uppity
Antonyms
humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious
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high-handed
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of high-handed
: not having or showing any interest in the rights, opinions, or feelings of other people
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high-handed
adjectiveKids Definition of high-handed
: having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others
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