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单词 heavy-handedness
释义

heavy-handed

adjective

heavy-hand·​ed ˈhe-vē-ˈhan-dəd How to pronounce heavy-handed (audio)
1
: clumsy
2
: oppressive, harsh
heavy-handedly adverb
heavy-handedness noun

Synonyms

  • austere
  • authoritarian
  • flinty
  • hard
  • harsh
  • ramrod
  • rigid
  • rigorous
  • severe
  • stern
  • strict
  • tough
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Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1

heavy-handedness

noun

1
as in clumsiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • clumsiness
  • ham-handedness
  • incompetence
  • inexperience
  • unpreparedness
  • incompetency
  • crudeness
  • inaptitude
  • unskillfulness
  • inability
  • amateurishness
  • dilettantism
  • amateurism
  • inexpertness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • professionalism
  • expertness
  • masterfulness
  • competence
  • masterliness
  • virtuosity
  • ability
  • polish
  • talent
  • skill
  • finish
  • proficiency
  • skillfulness
  • adeptness
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2
as in oppressiveness

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • oppressiveness
  • malevolence
  • harshness
  • meanness
  • spitefulness
  • maliciousness
  • hatefulness
  • bloodthirstiness
  • murderousness
  • malignity
  • grimness
  • ferocity
  • ruthlessness
  • sanguinity
  • mercilessness
  • ferociousness
  • hardhandedness
  • cruelty
  • despitefulness
  • bloodlust
  • fierceness
  • heartlessness
  • pitilessness
  • brutality
  • nastiness
  • cattiness
  • inhumanity
  • savagery
  • sadism
  • barbarity
  • hard-heartedness
  • cruelness
  • fiendishness
  • viciousness
  • unfeelingness
  • truculence
  • sanguineness
  • savageness
  • inhumanness
  • barbarousness
  • fellness
  • wantonness
  • atrociousness
  • atrocity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sympathy
  • tenderheartedness
  • compassion
  • humaneness
  • kindness
  • benignity
  • kindheartedness
  • tenderness
  • humanity
  • warmth
  • good-heartedness
  • leniency
  • warmness
  • warmheartedness
  • pity
  • charitableness
  • mercy
  • mercifulness
  • clemency
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