Synonyms of hat in hand

hat in hand

adverb

as in cap in hand

in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion

he was forced to apologize hat in hand for the offensive comment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cap in hand
• humbly
• meekly
• sheepishly
• lowly
• politely
• deferentially
• submissively
• abjectly
• modestly
• meanly
• fearfully
• timidly
• servilely
• obsequiously
• shyly
• mousily
• bashfully
• subserviently
• diffidently
• respectfully
• timorously
• courteously
• civilly
• suppliantly
• self-deprecatingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• proudly
• boldly
• brazenly
• scornfully
• contemptuously
• loftily
• haughtily
• arrogantly
• superciliously
• pompously
• imperiously
• brashly
• presumptuously
• huffily
• audaciously
• pridefully
• fearlessly
• pretentiously
• rashly
• recklessly
• disdainfully
• saucily
• impertinently
• disrespectfully
• swaggeringly
• rudely
• uppishly
• self-importantly
• discourteously
• uncivilly
• ungraciously
• impudently
• impolitely
• bitchily

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hat in hand

Noland said the fare increase was needed not just to generate additional revenue but also to show state lawmakers a commitment to raising money while going to the General Assembly, hat in hand, to request additional funding from the state. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025

What will ultimately happen is that these countries will come, hat in hand, to the negotiating table. — Gene Marks, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025

The transit agency will once again go hat in hand to state officials hoping to plug the shortfall. — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025

But the very fact that New York City has to go to Albany, hat in hand, to ask permission to alter a city tax levied on city residents with the funds going into the city treasury is maddening. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024