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high-handed

[hahy-han-did]

adjective

  1. condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary.

    He has a highhanded manner.



high-handed

adjective

  1. tactlessly overbearing and inconsiderate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • high-handedly adverb
  • high-handedness noun
  • ˌ󾱲-ˈ󲹲Ի adverb
  • ˌ󾱲-ˈ󲹲ԻԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of high-handed1

First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences

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Conservative hereditary peer Lord Strathclyde called the legislation a "high-handed, shoddy political act".

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But Idaho’s Republican legislators have been way too cavalier and high-handed about this problem, burying their heads in the sand and refusing to fix it.

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But that relationship will always be hostage to events; either a flare-up in the South China Sea, or any other act by China seen as high-handed by the Vietnamese.

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The party has also been accused of legitimizing New Delhi’s high-handed militaristic policies there.

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In countering misinformation, FDA also risks coming off as high-handed.

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