high-handed

  • 21high-handed — adjective Date: 1631 having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others ; arbitrary, overbearing • high handedly adverb • high handedness noun …

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  • 22high-handed — adjective domineering or inconsiderate. Derivatives high handedly adverb high handedness noun …

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  • 23high-handed — adj. disregarding others feelings; overbearing. Derivatives: high handedly adv. high handedness n …

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  • 24high-handed — adjective Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others. Syn: arrogant, overbearing …

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  • 25high handed — Synonyms and related words: absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bossy, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, feudal, grinding, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly,… …

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  • 26high-handed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arrogant, authoritarian, pushy (inf.). See insolence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. oppressive, arbitrary, overbearing; see autocratic 1 , severe 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. overbearing,… …

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  • 27high-handed — adj. domineering; arrogant; pushy …

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  • 28high-handed — a. Overbearing, oppressive, arbitrary, violent, despotic, wilful, self willed …

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  • 29high-handed — adj arbitrary, despotic, tyrannical, autocratic, dictatorial; peremptory, imperious, lordly, ironhanded; demanding, severe, oppressive; inexorable, unbending, implacable, pitiless, not giving a whit; capricious, whimsical, unreasonable;… …

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  • 30high-handed — UK [ˌhaɪ ˈhændɪd] / US [ˌhaɪ ˈhændəd] adjective speaking or acting without considering other people s opinions …

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