high-handed



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high-handed

Haughtily presumptuous; arrogantly or inconsiderately overbearing. The new boss is unbearably high-handed in dealing with employees. We've had just about enough of these high-handed displays of police brutality.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eadwig-Anglo-Saxon
Dinesha-Hinduism
FÍOna-Irish
InÊSee-NESHPortuguese
Lorena (2)-English
Chinyelu-Western African, Igbo