Heavy-handed
Heavy-handed adjective - Given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint.
Haughty and heavy-handed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Haughty" instead an adjective phrase "Heavy-handed".
Haughty
Haughty adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Heavy-handed and haughty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heavy-handed" instead an adjective "Haughty".
Nearby Words: haughtiness, haughtily
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- stiff and heavy-handed
- stiff and haughty
- overbearing and heavy-handed
- overbearing and haughty
- arrogant and heavy-handed
- arrogant and haughty
- stern and heavy-handed
- stern and haughty
- tyrannical and heavy-handed
- tyrannical and haughty
- peremptory and heavy-handed
- peremptory and haughty
- domineering and heavy-handed
- domineering and haughty
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