heavy-handed
- oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- clumsy; graceless: a heavy-handed treatment of the theme.
Origin of heavy-handed
Related Words for heavy-handed
coercive, cruel, harsh, oppressive, clumsy, inept, severe, graceless, unskillful, bumblingExamples from the Web for heavy-handed
Contemporary Examples of heavy-handed
So was the importance of protest itself, which he vowed to protect from the heavy-handed policies employed by his predecessors.
Heavy-handed police work like that carried out by Burge and, apparently, Evans, gets results.
She said Mars Hill “engages in heavy-handed discipline through a hierarchical structure.”
The shooting of Michael Brown and the heavy-handed response by the police that followed has struck a nerve among Muslims.
The whole scene is so awash with heavy-handed religious imagery you can probably just skip church on Sunday.
Historical Examples of heavy-handed
A rough-featured, heavy-handed peasant's son was this Peter.
God Wills It!William Stearns Davis
John, being the heavy-faced and heavy-handed man, shut the door.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These DaysArnold Bennett
What had he in common with his own father—hard-working, heavy-handed Amos Burr?
The Voice of the PeopleEllen Glasgow
Argyll's heavy-handed management of that election is the subject of Defoe's Atalantis Major.
Atalantis MajorDaniel Defoe
That particular sort of heavy-handed jest was specially dear to Bronckhorst.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume EditionRudyard Kipling
heavy-handed
- clumsy
- harsh and oppressive