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 Definitions of high-handed  [ˈhaɪˈgreɪd]  

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Definition of 'high-handed' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) high-handed
presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary.

Etymology:  (1885–90)

Definition of 'high-handed' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) cavalier, high-handed
given to haughty disregard of others


Definition of 'high-handed' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) high-handed
overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act


Translation of 'high-handed' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: done, acting, without consultation of, or consideration for, other people
a high-handed decision; A new headmaster should try not to be too high-handed.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: eiegeregtig, eiemagtig Arabic flag Arabic: إعْتباطي، تَحَكُّمي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: своеволен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: arbitrário Czech flag Czech: panovačný German flag German: eigenmächtig
Danish flag Danish: despotisk Greek flag Greek: αυταρχικός Spanish flag Spanish: autoritario, despótico
Estonian flag Estonian: omavoliline Farsi flag Farsi: خودخواهانه Finnish flag Finnish: omavaltainen
French flag French: tyrannique Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִתְנָהֵג בִּשרִירוּת-לֵב Hindi flag Hindi: मनमाना
Croatian flag Croatian: bahat, samovoljan Hungarian flag Hungarian: önkényes Indonesian flag Indonesian: otoriter
Icelandic flag Icelandic: yfirgangssamur, ráðríkur; Italian flag Italian: tirannico, prepotente Japanese flag Japanese: 高圧的な
Korean flag Korean: 강압적인, 독단적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: valdingas, diktatoriškas Latvian flag Latvian: patvaļīgs; valdonīgs
Malay flag Malay: begitu angkuh Dutch flag Dutch: eigenmachtig Norwegian flag Norwegian: egenrådig/-mektig; vilkår
Polish flag Polish: arbitralny, despotyczny Persian flag Persian: خودخواهانه Pashto flag Pashto: پخپل خواه،مغرور
Portuguese flag Portuguese: arbitrário Romanian flag Romanian: arogant Russian flag Russian: своевольный;властный
Slovak flag Slovak: panovačný, svojvoľný Slovenian flag Slovenian: samovoljen Serbian flag Serbian: samovoljan
Swedish flag Swedish: egenmäktig, godtycklig Thai flag Thai: โดยพลการ Turkish flag Turkish: zorba
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 專橫的,盛氣凌人的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: свавільний Urdu flag Urdu: منمانی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cậy quyền Chinese flag Chinese: 专横的

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