high-handed
adjectiveUsing power without proper regard for other people's rights or concerns.
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Using power without proper regard for other people's rights or concerns.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTo make a feature more noticeable or emphasize its importance.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsThe highest point or culminating stage of something.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsShowing a careless or dismissive attitude toward an important matter.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsThe highest or most intense point in a sequence, especially in a story.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsThe final or highest point of a process.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsProminent and highly respected in a field.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsRaised to a high position or filled with elevated joy.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsUnreasonably high or excessive, especially in cost or demand.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsHighly fertile or productive, including in ideas.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsVery high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsElaborately decorated or detailed.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsA higher level of quality, ability, status, or strength relative to something else.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsA position of highest authority, power, or dominance.
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