English adjective: heavy-handed | |||
1. | heavy-handed lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | ||
Samples | A bumbling mechanic. A bungling performance. Ham-handed governmental interference. Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature. | ||
Synonyms | bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed | ||
Similar | maladroit | ||
Antonyms | adroit | ||
2. | heavy-handed unjustly domineering | ||
Samples | Incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies. A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition. | ||
Synonyms | roughshod | ||
Similar | domineering | ||
Antonyms | submissive | ||