'heavy-handed' definitions:
Definition of 'heavy-handed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking physical movement skills, 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 [syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed]
adjective
Unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy- handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" [syn: heavy-handed, roughshod]
Definition of 'heavy-handed'
From: GCIDE
- heavy-handed \heavy-handed\ adj.
- 1. same as ham-fisted.
- Syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. unjustly harsh or domineering; as, incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies.
- Syn: harsh, roughshod. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'heavy-handed'
From: Moby Thesaurus