heavy-handed
[ hev-ee-han-did ]
adjective
oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
clumsy; graceless: a heavy-handed treatment of the theme.
Origin of heavy-handed
1First recorded in 1625–35
Other words from heavy-handed
- heav·y-hand·ed·ly, adverb
- heav·y-hand·ed·ness, noun
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How to use heavy-handed in a sentence
Sanchez labeled the dismantling of the camp by authorities as “heavyhanded” and a “sign of the return of fascism.”
British Dictionary definitions for heavy-handed
heavy-handed
adjective
clumsy
harsh and oppressive
Derived forms of heavy-handed
- heavy-handedly, adverb
- heavy-handedness, noun
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