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Football and me have never got on. My instinct and love for the harder end of contact had always meant I was perhaps a little too heavy-handed for football. Somehow it left me feeling unfulfilled.
Nick Frost

Meaning of "heavy-handed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEAVY-HANDED

heavy-handed play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEAVY-HANDED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heavy-Handed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HEAVY-HANDED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heavy-handed in the English dictionary

The definition of heavy-handed in the dictionary is clumsy. Other definition of heavy-handed is harsh and oppressive.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEAVY-HANDED

heavy metal
heavy middleweight
heavy mob
heavy mud
heavy oil
heavy on
heavy spar
heavy type
heavy water
heavy-duty
heavy-footed
heavy-handedly
heavy-handedness
heavy-hearted
heavy-laden
heavy-metal
heavy-set
heavy-water reactor
heavyheartedly
heavyweight

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEAVY-HANDED

backhanded
barehanded
branded
empty-handed
expanded
extended
four-handed
high-handed
landed
left-handed
one-handed
open-handed
red-handed
right-handed
short-handed
single-handed
stranded
two-handed
unbranded
underhanded
unexpanded

Synonyms and antonyms of heavy-handed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HEAVY-HANDED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heavy-handed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of heavy-handed

Translation of «heavy-handed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEAVY-HANDED

Find out the translation of heavy-handed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heavy-handed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heavy-handed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗暴的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

torpe
570 millions of speakers

English

heavy-handed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारी हाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثقيل الوطأة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жесткая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estouvado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জবড়জঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladroit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan berat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungeschickt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重圧的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고압적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abot tangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nặng tay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனரக கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जबरदस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beceriksiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pesante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brutalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жорстка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu mână de fier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδέξια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hardhandige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hårdhänta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heavy- handed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heavy-handed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY-HANDED»

The term «heavy-handed» is regularly used and occupies the 65.577 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY-HANDED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heavy-handed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heavy-handed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heavy-handed

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7 QUOTES WITH «HEAVY-HANDED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heavy-handed.
1
Andy Dick
There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.
2
Marlene Dumas
I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.
3
Nick Frost
Football and me have never got on. My instinct and love for the harder end of contact had always meant I was perhaps a little too heavy-handed for football. Somehow it left me feeling unfulfilled.
4
Lady Gregory
To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.
5
Gale Norton
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
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Richard Serra
Basically, what you really want to do is try to engage the viewer's body relation to his thinking and walking and looking, without being overly heavy-handed about it.
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Ben Wheatley
You really have to be careful with the clues you lay into the film - if they're too heavy-handed, or you've pandered to a slightly stupider audience, then you've spoiled it for the people who are even slightly smart.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAVY-HANDED»

Discover the use of heavy-handed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heavy-handed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
All that junk on the tabic is my light artillery. heavy in hand heavy-handed heavy in hand is used of smb. who is hard to manage or control: Even if she was a little heavy in hand, with that appeaiance it didn't so very much matter. heavy-handed  ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Heavy Handed
He finds, sometimes, there are no correct answers; there is no right and wrong. To counter the threat, JD must follow his heart . . . Author Bio: Author Michael A. Bailey lives near Aiken, South Carolina with his wife Claudia.
Michael A. Bailey, 2009
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Principals Under Pressure: The Growing Crisis
THE HEAVY-HANDED SYNDROME In response to ever-increasing pressure for schools to "improve," principals are wielding tighter and tighter control over what goes on in their schools. In the most extreme cases, they become benevolent ...
Alexander W. Wiseman, 2005
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
heavy-handed. the sky, the skies, the upper atmosphere, the stratosphere; literary the firmament, the vault of heaven, the blue, the (wide) blue yonder, the welkin, the ether, the empyrean, the azure, the upper regions, the sphere, the celestial ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
heavy-handed adjective 1 they are heavy-handed with the equipment: clumsy, awkward, maladroit, unhandy, inept, unskillful; informal ham-handed, ham- fisted, all thumbs. antonyms dexterous. 2 heavy-handedpolicing: insensitive, oppressive  ...
‎2012
6
Standards of Value: Theory and Applications
Heavy-Handed and Arbitrary or Overbearing Conduct Heavy-handed and arbitrary or overbearing conduct is the standard that Illinois uses to determine whether oppression has occurred. This definition seems to leave the most discretion to ...
Jay E. Fishman, Shannon P. Pratt, William J. Morrison, 2007
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Multistate Bar Exam (Mbe) Review
The Vice President was successful in convincing many of Heavy Handed' s customers to transfer their accounts to his new employer. This had an adverse affect on the revenues and profits of Heavy Handed. In response, Heavy Handed  ...
James J. Rigos, 2008
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
Hebrew. The gangster always had a couple of heavies with him. 'heavily adv. ' heaviness nu. .heavy-'duty adj (usu attrib) made to stand up to very hard wear or use: heavy-duty tyres. .heavy- 'handed adj not showing good judgement or good  ...
9
Catching Readers Before They Fall: Supporting Readers who ...
But we are also cautious as we develop lessons because of the warnings from Fountas and Pinnell (2006), who say that sometimes the teaching can become “ heavy-handed.” So where do we draw the line between spotlighting a strategy and ...
Pat Johnson, Katie Keier, 2010
10
Maverick, Strategy Rpg: Core Rulebook
Weight: -15%, +6 / -10%, +20 Added Range: 4-Special: 0.6 Heavy-Handed, Strong Attack, Sundering 2, No Defense, Two-Handed SHIELD Large Shield Damage Type: Blunt A large shield that can cover an entire Weapon Damage: -1 section ...
Jake L. Conner, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEAVY-HANDED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heavy-handed is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Heavy-handed police action bad for business'
The heavy-handed approach of the police in bringing some 30 Low Yat Plaza traders for investigation has scared off traders and customers, ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
2
WHO SAYS NON-RACIAL? 'Heavy-handed police action bad for …
The heavy-handed approach of the police in bringing some 30 Low Yat Plaza traders for investigation has scared off traders and customers, ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
PC Game Pits Gamers Against Developers, Nobody Wins
It's clear that The Magic Circle's creators are passionate about these topics, but their story feels cynical and heavy-handed. For instance ... «Kotaku, Jul 15»
4
Dreamfall Chapters - Book 3: Realms review - up and running
While Book 1: Reborn set the table splendidly, Book 2: Rebels dragged under the weight of heavy-handed exposition and ideas that seemed ... «Polygon, Jul 15»
5
Alexis Tsipras gambled away Greece's future. Now he must make …
... on strict rules in exchange for solidarity in one part of Europe is perceived as heavy-handed hijacking of the democratic process in another. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Bedouins drawn into Egypt's Islamist fight
At the same time, tribal allegiances, business interests, and lingering resentment over military tactics often seen as heavy-handed will ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
7
SF supes opt to give Airbnb law a chance to work
Farrell countered, “We need to avoid delivering heavy-handed regulations and requirements.” Farrell prevailed on Tuesday, although with ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
8
China widens foreign access to bond market
More recently, some have warned that Beijing's heavy-handed response to plunging share prices over the past month could delay the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
9
Adam Schiff bill would prohibit LGBT conversion therapy, reform …
... after — videos surfaced depicting alleged heavy-handed tactics at two Pasadena boot camps, one of which was run by Kelvin McFarland. «LA Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Peterborough man threw blocks at bouncer, court told
The court heard that the crowd also hurled traffic cones towards the door staff amid claims they had been heavy-handed when dealing with the ... «Peterborough Telegraph, Jul 15»

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