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
• respectfully
• diffidently
• 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

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

No more going hat in hand begging for doses from the rich world. —Gavin Yamey, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024

By that evening in Philadelphia, Walz had the soon-to-be-viral hat in hand and tweeted a photo wearing it. —Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024

Malone bops around in the background with his ubiquitous red Solo cup and camo baseball hat in hand. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024