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单词 high-handedness
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-handedness

noun

as in arrogance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • arrogance
  • imperiousness
  • superciliousness
  • bossiness
  • peremptoriness
  • haughtiness
  • disdain
  • dominance
  • condescension
  • hauteur
  • presumptuousness
  • pomposity
  • pompousness
  • lordliness
  • authoritativeness
  • snobbery
  • huffiness
  • snobbishness
  • loftiness
  • masterfulness
  • attitude
  • scorn
  • snootiness
  • bumptiousness
  • high horse
  • superiority
  • snobbism
  • assumption
  • pretentiousness
  • brag
  • pretence
  • impudence
  • inflation
  • bravado
  • boastfulness
  • consequence
  • pretension
  • bowwow
  • self-importance
  • cheekiness
  • self-consequence
  • triumphalism
  • impertinence
  • pretense
  • sauciness
  • toploftiness
  • smugness
  • egoism
  • vainglory
  • swagger
  • complacence
  • egotism
  • chest-thumping
  • self-assertion
  • cockiness
  • vanity
  • braggadocio
  • pridefulness
  • vaingloriousness
  • bombast
  • side
  • self-complacency
  • conceit
  • cheek
  • self-centeredness
  • swelled head
  • strut
  • superiority complex
  • self-conceit
  • self-opinion
  • pride
  • self-contentment
  • self-satisfaction
  • self-content
  • self-assumption
  • self-partiality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • humility
  • modesty
  • unpretentiousness
  • timidity
  • bashfulness
  • shyness
  • diffidence
  • demureness
  • passivity
  • passiveness
  • timidness
  • submissiveness
  • meekness
  • unassumingness
  • lowliness
  • retiringness
  • reservedness
  • quietness
  • self-distrust
  • reserve
  • self-doubt
  • mousiness
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