high-handedness
Bossy, dismissive attitude
High-handedness is the quality of acting in an arrogant, overbearing way without regard for others' rights or opinions.
It suggests using authority or power arbitrarily: The committee's high-handedness alienated even its supporters.
The term implies not just firmness but a dismissive disregard for proper process or consultation.
Arrogantly authoritative
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- despoticExercising absolute authority
oppressive · domineering · overbearing · iron-fisted · bullying · coercive · repressive · suppressive
Based on personal whim
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- peremptoryAdmitting no contradiction
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
unauthorized · unconsulted · unjustified · unwarranted · unaccountable · inconsiderate · roughshod · brash
Showing open contempt
- scornfulShowing open contempt
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- derisiveExpressing contemptuous ridicule
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
belittling · sneering · slighting · deprecating · disregarding · undervaluing · minimizing · trivializing
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
self-important · superior · overweening · lofty · snobbish · hubristic · vainglorious · presumptuous
imperious
Arrogantly authoritative
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- autocraticRuling with absolute authority
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
despotic · oppressive · domineering · overbearing · iron-fisted · bullying · coercive · repressive · suppressive · peremptory
arbitrary
Based on personal whim
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- peremptoryAdmitting no contradiction
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
overreaching · unauthorized · unconsulted · unjustified · unwarranted · unaccountable · inconsiderate · roughshod · brash · audacious
disdainful
Showing open contempt
- scornfulShowing open contempt
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- derisiveExpressing contemptuous ridicule
disparaging · belittling · sneering · slighting · deprecating · disregarding · undervaluing · minimizing · trivializing · rebuffing
haughty
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
pompous · self-important · superior · overweening · lofty · snobbish · hubristic · vainglorious · presumptuous · conceited
- ego displaysarrogance, vanity, boasting, showboating, braggadocio
- Arbitrarinessrandomness, caprice, whimsy, capriciousness, haphazardness
high-handednesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
deference · meekness · modesty · respectfulness · self-effacement
high-handednesscollaboration
Joint intellectual work
cooperativeness · egalitarianism · inclusiveness · consultation · consensus-building
high-handednessrestraint
Control over impulses
forbearance · diffidence · submissiveness · acquiescence · yielding
high, hand, hands, handed, high-handedly, high-handed, handedness, highhanded