heavy-handed

adj 4

Definitions

adj

1

Clumsy; awkward.

Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'

2

Excessive; overdone.

Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.

However, recently I got a little heavy-handed with the red pepper flakes.

3

Lacking subtlety or nuance.

...punk “music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper sticker rallying calls and oversimplifications of otherwise complex topics."

4

Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.

“Heavy-handed, huh? Is that by any chance your way of telling me that I'm a bad communicator?" "No, it's my way of telling you that you obviously haven't shaken the take-charge attitude."

I cite how ineffective heavy-handed training methods are due to the physiological state of high arousal and avoidance behaviors they cause in dogs.

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