Synonyms of hat in hand

hat in hand

adverb

as in cap in hand

in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion

he was forced to apologize hat in hand for the offensive comment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cap in hand
• humbly
• meekly
• sheepishly
• lowly
• politely
• deferentially
• submissively
• abjectly
• modestly
• meanly
• fearfully
• timidly
• servilely
• obsequiously
• shyly
• mousily
• bashfully
• subserviently
• respectfully
• diffidently
• timorously
• courteously
• civilly
• suppliantly
• self-deprecatingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• proudly
• boldly
• brazenly
• scornfully
• contemptuously
• loftily
• haughtily
• arrogantly
• superciliously
• pompously
• imperiously
• brashly
• presumptuously
• huffily
• audaciously
• pridefully
• fearlessly
• pretentiously
• rashly
• recklessly
• disdainfully
• saucily
• impertinently
• disrespectfully
• swaggeringly
• rudely
• uppishly
• self-importantly
• discourteously
• uncivilly
• ungraciously
• impudently
• impolitely
• bitchily

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hat in hand

Putin has even had to go hat in hand to Iran for military support. —Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2023

And when the time came to start paying taxes, developers have returned to the city’s Industrial Development Agency with hat in hand, asking for more tax breaks. —Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has forced Russia to turn to its fellow Eurasian giant, hat in hand. —Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2022

What Toomey's amendment wants to do is make sure that our sick and dying veterans have the pleasure that our 9/11 first responders at Ground Zero had of having to come back to Washington, hat in hand, riddled with cancer, and march through the halls of The Hill begging for money every year. —ABC News, 31 July 2022