Meaning of HIGH-HANDED
| Pronunciation: | | hI'handid
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| | Definition: | | [adj] given to haughty disregard of others |
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| | Synonyms: | | cavalier, domineering |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \High"-hand`ed\, a.
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a
high-handed act.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bossy, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, feudal, grinding, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, monocratic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, peremptory, repressive, severe, strict, suppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous |
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