heavy handed
[adjective]
Synonyms: awkward, bumbling, gauche, halting, ham-handed, inept, maladroit, unhandy, unhappy, wooden, ponderous, elephantine, heavy-footed, uninspired

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ˌheavy-ˈhanded adjective
taking too much action or extreme action, especially without thinking about other people’s feelings:
a heavy-handed style of management
—heavy-handedness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

heavy-handed
1.
if you try to control someone or something in a heavy-handed way, you use more force than is necessary or suitable.
His heavy-handed style of management is extremely unpopular.

2.
if an attempt to tell or teach someone something is heavy-handed, it is too obvious.
The theme of drug abuse is treated in a way that is convincing without being heavy-handed.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

heavy handed
adj.
1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy.
George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball.
My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed.
Tim told a heavy-handed joke about the principal's baldness that embarrassed everyone.
2. Likely to hit or punish hard; harsh or cruel in making (someone) obey.
Years ago many fathers were heavy-handed bosses in their homes.
Many American colonists believed that the English tax collectors were too heavy-handed.
3. See: HAM-HANDED.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲