ALL meanings of heavy-handed
heav·y-hand·ed
H h - adjective heavy-handed severe, oppressive 1
- adjective heavy-handed oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master. 1
- adjective heavy-handed clumsy; graceless: a heavy-handed treatment of the theme. 1
- adjective heavy-handed Clumsy, awkward. 0
- adjective heavy-handed Excessive, overdone. 0
- adjective heavy-handed Simplistic, lacking subtlety or nuance. 0
- adjective heavy-handed Overbearing; pushy and coercive. 0
- adjective heavy-handed Extreme; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive, and cruel. 0
- adjective heavy-handed If you say that someone's behaviour is heavy-handed, you mean that they are too forceful or too rough. 0
- graded adjective heavy-handed If someone is heavy-handed with something, they use too much of it or use it in a clumsy way. 0
- adjective heavy-handed clumsy 0
- adjective heavy-handed harsh and oppressive 0
- adjective heavy-handed without a light touch; clumsy or tactless 0
- adjective heavy-handed cruel, oppressive, or tyrannical 0