heavier-handed

Adjective

heavy-handed (comparative heavier-handed, superlative heaviest-handed)

1. (derogatory) Clumsy; awkward.
   • Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'2012, Margaret Powell, The Downstairs Cookbook, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   cack-handed, ham-handed, ham-fisted, maladroit

2. Excessive; overdone.
   • Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.

   Synonyms:

   OTT, over the top

3. (derogatory) Lacking subtlety or nuance.
   • ...punk “music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper sticker rallying calls and oversimplifications of otherwise complex topics."2005, Nicholas Rombes, The Ramones' Ramones, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   ham-handed, ham-fisted, unsubtle, on the nose

4. (derogatory) Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.
   • “Heavy-handed, huh? Is that by any chance your way of telling me that I'm a bad communicator?" "No, it's my way of telling you that you obviously haven't shaken the take-charge attitude."2014, Jayne Ann Krentz, River Road, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   bossy, hard-handed, iron-handed, iron-fisted, brutal, cruel, draconian, overstrict, authoritarian, autocratic