heavy-handed - Meaning in Malayalam

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heavy-handed - Meaning in Malayalam

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Definitions and Meaning of heavy-handed in English

heavy-handed adjective

1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

   Synonyms

   bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed

   Examples

   • "a bumbling mechanic"
   • "a bungling performance"
   • "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"
   • "ham-handed governmental interference"
2. unjustly domineering

   Synonyms

   roughshod

   Examples

   • "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
   • "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"

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