About The Word Heavy-handed
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Heavy-handed
Heavy-handed Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Heavy-handed?
[adj] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
[adj] unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" Synonyms | Synonyms for Heavy-handed: bumbling | bungling | butterfingered | domineering | ham-fisted | ham-handed | handless | left-handed | maladroit | roughshod Related Terms | Find terms related to Heavy-handed: all thumbs | autocratic | awkward | blunderheaded | blundering | boorish | bumbling | bungling | butterfingered | careless | clownish | clumsy | clumsy-fisted | cumbersome | despotic | dictatorial | domineering | elephantine | fingers all thumbs | fumbling | gauche | gawkish | gawky | graceless | halting | ham-fisted | ham-handed | harsh | hulking | hulky | imperious | inelegant | inept | left-hand | left-handed | loutish | lubberly | lumbering | lumpish | magisterial | maladroit | oafish | oppressive | overbearing | ponderous | severe | sloppy | stiff | tyrannical | uncouth | ungainly | ungraceful | unhandy | unhappy | uninspired | unwieldy | wooden See Also | |
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