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high-handedness

NOUN
arrogance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aloofness chutzpah disdain ego egotism hubris pretension pride smugness vanity
STRONG
airs audacity bluster braggadocio brass cheek conceit conceitedness contemptuousness crust disdainfulness gall haughtiness hauteur imperiousness insolence loftiness nerve ostentation pomposity pompousness presumption pretentiousness priggishness self-importance self-love superciliousness swagger
WEAK
overbearance scornfulness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
humility modesty
STRONG
carefulness caution meekness shyness timidity
WEAK
servility
NOUN
hauteur
Synonyms
STRONGEST
condescension self-importance
STRONG
airs audacity conceit conceitedness contempt disdain disdainfulness egotism gall haughtiness nerve pomposity pompousness presumption pride snobbishness vanity
Antonyms
STRONGEST
humility
STRONG
admiration love meekness modesty respect shyness timidity
NOUN
loftiness
Synonyms
STRONG
airs aloofness audacity bluster braggadocio brass cheek chutzpah conceit conceitedness contemptuousness crust disdain disdainfulness ego egotism gall haughtiness hauteur hubris imperiousness insolence lordliness nerve ostentation overbearingness pomposity pompousness presumption pretension pretentiousness pride pridefulness priggishness self-importance self-love smugness superciliousness superiority swagger vanity
WEAK
overbearance proudness scornfulness
Antonyms
STRONG
carefulness caution humility meekness modesty respect shyness timidity truth
NOUN
lordliness
Synonyms
STRONG
airs aloofness audacity bluster braggadocio brass cheek chutzpah conceit conceitedness contemptuousness crust disdain disdainfulness ego egotism gall haughtiness hauteur hubris imperiousness insolence loftiness nerve ostentation overbearingness pomposity pompousness presumption pretension pretentiousness pride pridefulness priggishness self-importance self-love smugness superciliousness superiority swagger vanity
WEAK
overbearance proudness scornfulness
Antonyms
STRONG
carefulness caution humility meekness modesty respect shyness timidity truth
NOUN
overbearingness
Synonyms
STRONG
airs aloofness audacity bluster braggadocio brass cheek chutzpah conceit conceitedness contemptuousness crust disdain disdainfulness ego egotism gall haughtiness hauteur hubris imperiousness insolence loftiness lordliness nerve ostentation pomposity pompousness presumption pretension pretentiousness pride pridefulness priggishness self-importance self-love smugness superciliousness superiority swagger vanity
WEAK
overbearance proudness scornfulness
Antonyms
STRONG
carefulness caution humility meekness modesty respect shyness timidity truth
NOUN
pridefulness
Synonyms
STRONG
airs aloofness audacity bluster braggadocio brass cheek chutzpah conceit conceitedness contemptuousness crust disdain disdainfulness ego egotism gall haughtiness hauteur hubris imperiousness insolence loftiness lordliness nerve ostentation overbearingness pomposity pompousness presumption pretension pretentiousness pride priggishness self-importance self-love smugness superciliousness superiority swagger vanity
WEAK
overbearance proudness scornfulness
Antonyms
STRONG
carefulness caution humility meekness modesty respect shyness timidity truth
NOUN
proudness
Synonyms
WEAK
airs aloofness audacity bluster braggadocio brass cheek chutzpah conceit conceitedness contemptuousness crust disdain disdainfulness ego egotism gall haughtiness hauteur hubris imperiousness insolence loftiness lordliness nerve ostentation overbearance overbearingness pomposity pompousness presumption pretension pretentiousness pride pridefulness priggishness scornfulness self-importance self-love smugness superciliousness superiority swagger vanity
NOUN
superciliousness
Synonyms
STRONG
airs aloofness audacity bluster braggadocio brass cheek chutzpah conceit conceitedness contemptuousness crust disdain disdainfulness ego egotism gall haughtiness hauteur hubris imperiousness insolence loftiness lordliness nerve ostentation overbearingness pomposity pompousness presumption pretension pretentiousness pride pridefulness priggishness self-importance self-love smugness superiority swagger vanity
WEAK
overbearance proudness scornfulness
Antonyms
STRONG
carefulness caution humility meekness modesty respect shyness timidity truth
NOUN
tyranny
Synonyms
STRONGEST
authoritarianism autocracy coercion cruelty despotism domination oligarchy oppression terrorism totalitarianism
STRONG
absolutism imperiousness monocracy severity totality
WEAK
peremptoriness reign of terror unreasonableness
Antonyms
WEAK
democracy

Example Sentences

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Payment was of course made to some extent, as the country otherwise would speedily have been deserted and the land left untilled; but there was almost necessarily much oppression and high handedness.

From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)