Heavy-handed Definition & Meaning

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Heavy-handed

Heavy-handed Definition And Meaning
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 \|

Heavy-handed Definition And Meaning

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"

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