high-handed
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dɪd adjective
condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
Origin:
1625–35
1625–35
Related forms
high-hand·ed·ly, adverb
high-hand·ed·ness, noun
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| high-handed | |
| —adj | |
| tactlessly overbearing and inconsiderate | |
| high-'handedly | |
| —adv | |
| high-'handedness | |
| —n | |
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High-handed
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Example sentences
We, all of us here on our side, are deeply appalled at your high-handed and domineering style.
Nor is it bad news that a local government cannot get away with high-handed collective punishment of its power-guzzling citizens.
They felt that it was high-handed and brutal, and that it fixed an indelible blot on the national conscience.
Their high-handed, sometimes violent behaviour stokes rebellious feelings.
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