heavy-handed

English

Adjective

heavy-handed (comparative more heavy-handed, superlative most heavy-handed)

1. Clumsy, awkward; hence, excessive.

   Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.

2. Extreme; unnecessarily forceful.

   They issued a heavy-handed new censorship law.

Synonyms

• hardhanded

Translations

clumsy, awkward

• German: unbeholfen (de), ungeschickt (de), ohne Feingefühl (de) n, schwerfällig (de), plump (de), umständlich (de), unbarmherzig (de)

extreme, unnecessarily forceful

• German: extrem (de), drastisch (de), durchgreifend (de), streng (de), übertriebend (de), drückend (de)

• Spanish: draconiano (es), drástico (es)