" high-handedness "

1: as in bossiness, dominance;

•  Synonyms : 

•  authoritativeness,

•  bossiness,

•  bowwow,

•  brag,

•  dominance,

•  arrogance,

•  assumption,

•  bumptiousness,

•  consequence,

•  haughtiness,

•  hauteur,

•  high horse,

•  huffiness,

•  imperiousness,

•  loftiness,

•  lordliness,

•  masterfulness,

•  peremptoriness,

•  pomposity,

•  pompousness,

•  presumptuousness,

•  pretense,

•  pretension,

•  pretentiousness,

•  self-consequence,

•  self-importance,

•  superciliousness,

•  superiority,

•  toploftiness,

•  condescension,

•  disdain,

•  scorn,

•  chest-thumping,

•  inflation,

•  self-assertion,

•  side,

•  snobbery,

•  snobbishness,

•  snobbism,

•  snootiness,

•  attitude,

•  cheek,

•  cheekiness,

•  impertinence,

•  impudence,

•  sauciness,

•  boastfulness,

•  bombast,

•  braggadocio,

•  bravado,

•  strut,

•  swagger,

•  triumphalism,

•  vaingloriousness,

•  vainglory,

•  cockiness,

•  complacence,

•  conceit,

•  egoism,

•  egotism,

•  pride,

•  pridefulness,

•  self-assumption,

•  self-centeredness,

•  self-complacency,

•  self-conceit,

•  self-content,

•  self-contentment,

•  self-opinion,

•  self-partiality,

•  self-satisfaction,

•  smugness,

•  swelled head,

•  vanity,

•  superiority complex

•  Antonyms : 

•  humility,

•  modesty,

•  unassumingness,

•  unpretentiousness,

•  bashfulness,

•  demureness,

•  retiringness,

•  shyness,

•  diffidence,

•  self-distrust,

•  self-doubt,

•  timidity,

•  timidness,

•  lowliness,

•  meekness,

•  mousiness,

•  passiveness,

•  passivity,

•  submissiveness,

•  quietness,

•  reserve,

•  reservedness

1: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude;

  * e.g., " ... the manager displayed a high-handed demeanor that increasingly demoralized the members of his staff "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arrogant,

•  assumptive,

•  bumptious,

•  cavalier,

•  chesty,

•  haughty,

•  high-and-mighty,

•  high-hat,

•  highfalutin,

•  huffish,

•  huffy,

•  imperious,

•  important,

•  lofty,

•  lordly,

•  masterful,

•  overweening,

•  peremptory,

•  pompous,

•  presuming,

•  presumptuous,

•  pretentious,

•  self-asserting,

•  self-assertive,

•  sniffy,

•  stiff-necked,

•  supercilious,

•  superior,

•  toplofty,

•  uppish,

•  uppity

•  Antonyms : 

•  humble,

•  lowly,

•  modest,

•  unarrogant,

•  unpretentious

2: having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity;

  * e.g., " ... that country club tends to be rather high-handed about whom they let in and whom they shut out "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arbitrary,

•  dictatorial,

•  imperious,

•  peremptory,

•  willful

•  Antonyms : 

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