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high-handed adj
tactlessly overbearing and inconsiderate high-handedly adv high-handedness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
high-handed adjective dictatorial, domineering, overbearing, arbitrary, oppressive, autocratic, bossy (informal), imperious, tyrannical, despotic, peremptory He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed. Translations high-handed [ˌhaɪˈhændɪd] adj → dispotico/a, autoritario/a high-handed [ˌhaɪˈhændɪd] adj → dispotico/a, autoritario/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He went back and complained in a high-handed way to Capt. (appeals for assistance, for sanctions from the organized labor groups, requests for square news deals to the editors of newspapers, protests against the high-handed treatment of revolutionists by the United States courts), lay unmailed, awaiting postage. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the protection of property against those irregular and high-handed combinations which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice; to the security of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition, of faction, and of anarchy. |
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