What is another word for heavy hand?

Pronunciation: [hˈɛvi hˈand] (IPA)

The phrase "heavy hand" can mean that someone is being forceful, controlling, or too harsh in their actions. A few synonyms for "heavy hand" include being overbearing, domineering, authoritarian, and dictatorial. These words all describe someone who exercises an excessive amount of control over others and may not take the views or opinions of others into account. Other synonyms for "heavy hand" could include being oppressive, pushy, or rigid. While these words can all be used to describe a person who is overbearing or controlling, they may also be used in a wider context to describe situations or systems that are oppressive or unequal.

What are the hypernyms for Heavy hand?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Heavy hand

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  • Postumus was clever: he guessed that this would make Cato angry enough to forget himself. And Cato rose to the bait, shouting out with a string of old-fashioned curses that in the days of his ancestor, whose memory this stammering imp was insulting, woe betide any child who failed in reverence to his elders; for they dealt out discipline with a heavy hand in those days. Whereas in these degenerate times the leading men of Rome gave any ignorant oafish lout (this was for Postumus) or any feeble-minded decrepit-limbed little whippersnapper (this was for me) full permission— Postumus interrupted with a warning smile: "So I was right. The degenerate Augustus insults the great Censor by employing you in his degenerate family. I suppose you have told the Lady Livia just how you feel about things?"
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