[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heavy-handed \heavy-handed\ adj.
   1. same as ham-fisted.

   syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted,
        ham-handed, handless, left-handed.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. unjustly harsh or domineering; as, incensed at the
      government's heavy-handed economic policies.

   syn: harsh, roughshod.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
ham-fisted 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

heavy-handed
     adj 1: not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
            "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance";
            "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could
            scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the
            poor creature"- mary h. vorse syn: bumbling, bungling,
             butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless,
             left-handed
     2: unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's
        heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who
        rode roughshod over all opposition" syn: roughshod
see also:
bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless 
left-handed roughshod 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 moby thesaurus words for "heavy-handed":
   autocratic, awkward, bungling, clumsy, despotic, dictatorial,
   domineering, graceless, harsh, imperious, inept, magisterial,
   maladroit, oppressive, overbearing, severe, tyrannical,
   ungraceful

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