high-handedness

1. 1.

   overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

   Synonymsarrogancehaughtinesshauteurlordliness

   Broaderpride

   Narrowercondescensioncontemptuousnesshubrisimperiousnesssuperioritysnobbery

Questions about high-handedness

What does high-handedness mean?

high-handedness means "overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors".

How many syllables are in high-handedness?

high-handedness has 4 syllables: high--han-ded-ness. The stress falls on "han".

What is another word for high-handedness?

Close synonyms include arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, lordliness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is high-handedness a common word?

high-handedness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.