heavy-handed

Preposition: at

• time: I've found OG very heavy-handed at times on moderation ( not with regards to my own postings, I hasten to add!

Modifies a noun

• tactic: He promised to meet with the police to discuss these heavy-handed tactics.
• intervention: He claims they are moving away from heavy-handed state intervention and regulation.
• approach: Surely the law should make people aware of these changes rather than diving straight in with a heavy-handed approach.
• attempt: Unfortunately the rest of the production doesn't match their level, as the flash-forwards all play as heavy-handed attempts at irony.
• regulation: It has the choice of a light touch or heavy-handed detailed regulation.
• action: The heavy-handed actions of Scotland Yard have made sure that for the foreseeable future we certainly won't have one.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: STONE during 1961, a rather heavy-handed melodrama starring Vivian Leigh.
• too: I do agree, however, with Randy's comments about Mick Harvey being too heavy-handed.
• little: It does seem that the Russians have been a little heavy-handed.
• very: I've found OG very heavy-handed at times on moderation ( not with regards to my own postings, I hasten to add!
• not: The author is an academic and his style, while not heavy-handed, shows it.
• somewhat: There were no original songs and the album was somewhat heavy-handed in its production.

Used with adjective complement

• get: Meanwhile, police are getting heavy-handed at a sit-down protest at Cambridge Circus.
• become: Creator Diane English left the show to produce other projects; her light touch was missed, as the show became more heavy-handed.
• appear: In the current political climate, these attempts at topicality appear remarkably heavy-handed.