Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - high-handed
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High-handed
high-handed
If you say that someone is high-handed, you disapprove of them because they use their authority in an unnecessarily forceful way without considering other people’s feelings. He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • high-handedness They have been accused of secrecy and high-handedness in their dealings. N-UNCOUNT
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adjective Date: 1631 having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others ; arbitrary, overbearing • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. disregarding others' feelings; overbearing. Derivatives high-handedly adv. high-handedness n. HIGHLAND n. & adj. --n. (usu. in pl.) 1 an area of high land. 2 (the Highlands) the mountainous part of Scotland. --adj. of or in a highland or the Highlands. Phrases and idioms Highland cattle 1 cattle of a shaggy-haired breed with long curved widely-spaced horns. 2 this breed. Highland dress the kilt etc. Highland fling see FLING n. 3. Derivatives highlander n. (also Highlander). Highlandman n. (pl. -men). Etymology: OE heahlond promontory (as HIGH, LAND) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. своевольный; властный to be high-handed with smb. —- держать кого-л. в строгости (в ежовых рукавицах) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj using your authority in an unreasonable way (high-handed and insensitive management decisions) - high-handedly adv - high-handedness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{adj.} Depending on force rather than right; bossy; dictatorial. * /With high-handed daring, John helped himself to the best food on the table./ * /Mr. Smith was a high-handed tyrant in his office./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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