heavy-handed

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From heavy + hand + -ed, literally “having a heavy hand”. Compare Middle English hevitime, heviteme (“burdensome, grievous, grave”), from Old English hefiġtīme, hefiġtȳme (“grievous, wearisome, tedious, troublesome”).

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: несръчен (nesrǎčen) — clumsy, awkward
• Bulgarian: непохватен (nepohvaten) — clumsy, awkward
• Finnish: kovakourainen — clumsy, awkward
• Finnish: kömpelö — clumsy, awkward
• French: maladroit — clumsy, awkward
• German: unbeholfen — clumsy, awkward
• German: linkisch — clumsy, awkward
• German: ungeschickt — clumsy, awkward
• German: ohne Feingefühl — clumsy, awkward
• German: schwerfällig — clumsy, awkward
• Russian: нело́вкий (nelóvkij) — clumsy, awkward
• Russian: неуклю́жий (neukljúžij) — clumsy, awkward
• Russian: неповоро́тливый (nepovorótlivyj) — clumsy, awkward
• Russian: кривору́кий (krivorúkij) — clumsy, awkward
• Bulgarian: прекаляващ (prekaljavašt) — excessive, overdone
• Dutch: te scheutig — excessive, overdone
• Finnish: ylenpalttinen — excessive, overdone
• French: excessif — excessive, overdone
• Galician: excesivo — excessive, overdone
• German: großzügig — excessive, overdone
• German: übertrieben — excessive, overdone
• German: tollpatschig — excessive, overdone
• Spanish: excesivo — excessive, overdone
• Welsh: llawdrwm — excessive, overdone
• Esperanto: maldelikata — lacking subtlety or nuance
• Finnish: karkea — lacking subtlety or nuance
• German: plump — lacking subtlety or nuance
• German: grob gestrickt — lacking subtlety or nuance
• German: ungehobelt — lacking subtlety or nuance
• German: ungeschliffen — lacking subtlety or nuance
• German: hölzern — lacking subtlety or nuance
• Japanese: 手荒な (teara na) — lacking subtlety or nuance
• Russian: тяжелове́сный (tjaželovésnyj) — lacking subtlety or nuance
• Welsh: llawdrwm — lacking subtlety or nuance
• Finnish: kovaotteinen — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• German: penetrant — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• German: poltrig — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• German: polterig — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• Japanese: 強引な (gōin na) — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• Russian: деспоти́ческий (despotíčeskij) — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• Russian: жесто́кий (žestókij) — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• Russian: угнета́ющий (ugnetájuščij) — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• Russian: деспо́тичный (despótičnyj) — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• Welsh: llawdrwm — overbearing; pushy and coercive
• Bulgarian: драстичен (drastičen) — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Bulgarian: жесток (žestok) — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Dutch: hardhandig — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Finnish: kovaotteinen — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Finnish: kovakourainen — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• German: unbarmherzig — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• German: drakonisch — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• German: drastisch — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• German: rigoros — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• German: radikal — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• German: durchgreifend — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• German: einschneidend — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Spanish: draconiano — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Spanish: drástico — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Welsh: llawdrwm — extreme, unnecessarily forceful
• Welsh: trwm ei lach — extreme, unnecessarily forceful