heavy-handed



heavy-handed

 
1. if you try to control someone or something in a heavy-handed way, you use more force than is necessary or suitable His heavy-handed style of management is extremely unpopular.
2. if an attempt to tell or teach someone something is heavy-handed, it is too obvious The theme of drug abuse is treated in a way that is convincing without being heavy-handed.

heavy-handed

mod. tactless; forceful; unfair. Paul is a little heavy-handed at times, but mostly he’s reasonable.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MavisMAY-visEnglish
Herakleitos-Ancient Greek
Coral['kɔrəl]
JasmineJAZ-min (English), zhas-MEEN (French)English, French
AntjeAHN-tyəFrisian, Dutch, Low German
Bellatrix-Astronomy