high-handed
high-handed adjective: using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
Adjective
high-handed (comparative more high-handed, superlative most high-handed)
- Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
- Critics accuse her [von der Leyen] of serious missteps over the pandemic, the Gaza war, alleged cronyism, – and of having a high-handed manner.2024 May 4, Simon Tisdall, “Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards”, in The Observer, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- arrogant, autocratic, overbearing
high-handed meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
high-handed in Tamil
- தன்னிச்சையான, தான் தோன்றித் தனமான
high-handed in Urdu
- high-handed
- استبدادی istebdādi
high-handed in Malayalam
- arbitrary, imperious, peremptory
- ധിക്കാരസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, ഏകാധിപത്യസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, ധിക്കാരപൂര്വ്വമായ, സ്വേച്ഛാധിപതിയെപ്പോലെ പെരുമാറുന്ന, കടന്നകെെചെയ്യുന്ന, ആജ്ഞാപിക്കുന്ന
high-handed in Kannada
- ದರ್ಪದ, ಸೊಕ್ಕಿನ, ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛಾ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿಯ, ದಬ್ಬಾಳಿಕೆಯ, ನಿರಂಕುಶದ
Synonyms of high-handed
Forms of high-handed
| comparative | more high-handed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most high-handed |
| alternative form | highhanded |
Words formed from high-handed
Questions about high-handed
- What does high-handed mean?
- High-handed means using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
- What is high-handed in Tamil?
- High-handed in Tamil is தன்னிச்சையான, தான் தோன்றித் தனமான. See High-handed meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is high-handed?
- High-handed is an adjective.
Words near high-handed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: high-handed (page history and authors); high-handed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); استبدادی (Urdu) (page history and authors); high-handed (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); high-handed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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