Dictionary

high-handed en · ADJ

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

high-handedly · high-handedness

Synonyms

overbearing · autocratic · arrogant

Translations (22)

es arrogante (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · es despótico (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr hautain (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr morgue (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr cavalier (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr arrogant (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · de selbstherrlich (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fi määräilevä (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr impérieux (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fi omavaltainen (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fi despoottinen (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · sk panovačný (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · sk despotický (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr despotique (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · bg деспотичен (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr autocratique (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · sv egenmäktig (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · ru своево́льный (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · es autoritario (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · cmn 专横的 (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · fr autoritaire (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others) · de eigenmächtig (using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others)