high-and-mighty

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high-and-mighty

A manager acts high-and-mighty when giving orders to his team.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Arrogant and domineering: The term describes someone who behaves in an offensively superior, self-important, and overbearing manner, often exercising power in an unjustified or unreasonable way.
Usage
  • The adjective "high-and-mighty" is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb) to criticize a person's arrogant and bossy attitude.
  • It carries a strong negative connotation, implying that the person's sense of authority or superiority is unwarranted and resented by others.
Examples
  • Attributive use:
    • I'm tired of his high-and-mighty attitude. (I'm tired of his arrogant and domineering attitude.)
    • She dismissed the idea with a high-and-mighty wave of her hand. (She dismissed the idea with a superior and dismissive wave of her hand.)
  • Predicative use:
    • Ever since he got promoted, he's become so high-and-mighty. (Ever since he got promoted, he's become so arrogant and domineering.)
    • Don't get all high-and-mighty with me. (Don't act so superior and bossy with me.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often hyphenated when used as a compound adjective before a noun ("a high-and-mighty official"). It can be used without hyphens in predicative positions, though hyphenation is common.
  • It is frequently used in informal or critical contexts to express frustration or disapproval toward someone's behavior.
Variants and Related Words
  • High-handed (adj): Using authority in an unnecessarily forceful way without considering the opinions of others. (e.g., )
  • Overbearing (adj): Unpleasantly or arrogantly domineering.
  • Imperious (adj): Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.
Synonyms
  • Arrogant
  • Haughty
  • Domineering
  • Bossy
  • Peremptory
  • Magisterial (in a domineering sense)
  • Autocratic
Antonyms
  • Humble
  • Modest
  • Unassuming
  • Meek
Related Idioms
  • To be on one's high horse: To be haughty or arrogant.
    • He's been on his high horse all day, ordering everyone around.
  • To lord it over someone: To act in a superior and domineering manner toward someone.
    • The senior manager loves to lord it over the junior staff.
high-and-mighty

A manager acts high-and-mighty when giving orders to his team.

Adjective
  1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
    • an autocratic person
    • autocratic behavior
    • a bossy way of ordering others around
    • a rather aggressive and dominating character
    • managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
    • a swaggering peremptory manner

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