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heavyhanded
adjective as in maladroit
adjective as in oafish
adjective as in oppressive
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adjective as in tyrannical
adjective as in unbearable
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adjective as in uncoordinated
adjective as in uncouth
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- awkward
- barbaric
- boorish
- cheap
- clownish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- discourteous
- disgracious
- gawky
- graceless
- gross
- heavy-handed
- ill-bred
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- impolite
- inelegant
- loud
- loud-mouthed
- loutish
- oafish
- raunchy
- raw
- rough
- rude
- rustic
- strange
- tacky
- uncalled-for
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- ungainly
- ungenteel
- ungentlemanly
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unseemly
- vulgar
adjective as in unfit
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adjective as in uninspired
adjective as in wooden
adjective as in heavy-handed
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adjective as in heavy-handed
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adjective as in insupportable
adjective as in clumsy
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- all thumbs
- blundering
- blunderous
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- clownish
- crude
- elephantine
- gauche
- gawkish
- gawky
- graceless
- ham-handed
- heavy
- helpless
- hulking
- ill-shaped
- incompetent
- inelegant
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- lubberly
- lumbering
- lumpish
- maladroit
- oafish
- splay
- stumbling
- unable
- unadept
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- undexterous
- uneasy
- unhandy
- unskillful
- untactful
- untalented
- untoward
- weedy
adjective as in unendurable
adjective as in unsufferable
adjective as in unsupportable
adjective as in draconian
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Example Sentences
Sanchez labeled the dismantling of the camp by authorities as “heavyhanded” and a “sign of the return of fascism.”
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On this page you'll find 477 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to heavyhanded, such as: all thumbs, blundering, bumbling, bungling, clunky, and floundering.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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