- high-handed adj
- [ˌhaɪ'hændɪd]
dispotico (-a), autoritario (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
high-handed adj
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high-handed — adj using your authority in an unreasonable way ▪ She resented his high handed manner. ▪ high handed and insensitive management decisions >high handedly adv >high handedness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
high-handed — [adj] domineering authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, dictatorial, imperious, ironhanded, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical; concepts 319,401 … New thesaurus
high-handed — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is high handed, you disapprove of them because they use their authority in an unnecessarily forceful way without considering other people s feelings. He wants to be seen as less bossy and high… … English dictionary
high-handed — {adj.} Depending on force rather than right; bossy; dictatorial. * /With high handed daring, John helped himself to the best food on the table./ * /Mr. Smith was a high handed tyrant in his office./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high-handed — {adj.} Depending on force rather than right; bossy; dictatorial. * /With high handed daring, John helped himself to the best food on the table./ * /Mr. Smith was a high handed tyrant in his office./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high-handed — adj Depending on force rather than right; bossy; dictatorial. With high handed daring, John helped himself to the best food on the table. Mr. Smith was a high handed tyrant in his office … Словарь американских идиом
high-handed — high′ hand′ed adj. presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary • Etymology: 1625–35 high′ hand′ed•ly, adv. high′ hand′ed•ness, n … From formal English to slang
high-handed — high handedly, adv. high handedness, n. /huy han did/, adj. condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner. [1625 35] * * * … Universalium
high-handed — adj. disregarding others feelings; overbearing. Derivatives: high handedly adv. high handedness n … Useful english dictionary
high-handed — adj. domineering; arrogant; pushy … English contemporary dictionary
high-handed — adj arbitrary, despotic, tyrannical, autocratic, dictatorial; peremptory, imperious, lordly, ironhanded; demanding, severe, oppressive; inexorable, unbending, implacable, pitiless, not giving a whit; capricious, whimsical, unreasonable;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
