slovo | definícia |
heavy-handed (encz) | heavy-handed,nemotorný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heavy-handed (encz) | heavy-handed,těžkopádný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heavy-handed (encz) | heavy-handed,tyranský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heavy-handed (gcide) | 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] |
heavy-handed (wn) | heavy-handed
adj 1: lacking physical movement skills, 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,
heavy-handed, left-handed]
2: unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-
handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over
all opposition" [syn: heavy-handed, roughshod] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
heavy-handedly (encz) | heavy-handedly, |
heavy-handedness (encz) | heavy-handedness,brutálnost n: Zdeněk Brožheavy-handedness,nemotornost n: Zdeněk Brožheavy-handedness,těžkopádnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
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