high-handed
adjective
high-hand·ed
ˈhī-ˈhan-dəd 
: 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
Examples of high-handed in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
This crude and insulting decision is starkly reminiscent of the high-handed Hollywood of the studio era.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Even if Beijing were to resume regular REE sales, alternative sources would remove Beijing’s temptation to high-handed policies.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
With his penchant for high-handed letter writing, Gittins escalated things to the inevitable level.
—Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Even if Beijing were to resume regular REE sales, alternative sources would remove Beijing’s temptation to high-handed policies.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
With his penchant for high-handed letter writing, Gittins escalated things to the inevitable level.
—Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
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“High-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-handed. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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