Heavy-handed — synonyms, definition

1. heavy-handed (a)

awkward bumbling cruel despotic gauche harsh indelicate inept maladroit severe tyrannical unskillful

2. heavy-handed (Adjective)

bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless left-handed roughshod

heavy-handed (Adjective) — Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands. ex. "a heavy-handed mechanic"

heavy-handed (Adjective) — Unjustly domineering. ex. "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"