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Heavy-handed (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Roughshod

Meaning 2

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.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

  • Butterfingered
  • Bungling
  • Ham-handed
  • Handless
  • Bumbling
  • Ham-fisted
  • Left-handed
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