high-handed

See also: highhanded

English

Alternative forms

• highhanded

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.
   • 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^[1], →ISSN:

     Critics accuse her [von der Leyen] of serious missteps over the pandemic, the Gaza war, alleged cronyism, – and of having a high-handed manner.

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

• French: cavalier (fr), despotique (fr) m, arrogant (fr) m, autoritaire (fr) m, impérieux (fr) m, hautain (fr) m, morgue (fr) m, autocratique (fr) m
• German: eigenmächtig (de), selbstherrlich (de)
• Slovak: panovačný m, despotický m
• Spanish: despótico (es), arrogante (es), autoritario (es)
• Swedish: egenmäktig (sv)