high-handed

See also: highhanded

English

Adjective

high-handed (comparative more high-handed, superlative most high-handed)

1. Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.

Synonyms

• arrogant
• autocratic
• overbearing
• high-steped

Derived terms

• high-handedly
• high-handedness

Translations

using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others

• Bulgarian: деспотичен (bg) (despotičen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 专横的

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• French: cavalier (fr)
• German: eigenmächtig (de), selbstherrlich (de)
• Slovak: panovačný m, despotický m
• Spanish: despótico, arrogante (es)