English Explanatory Dictionary

hardhanded

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Forceful, excessive, draconian, or abusive.
  2. Working-class; having hands hardened from labor.

Word forms

hardhanded more hardhanded most hardhanded hard-handed hard handed

Etymology

From hard + handed, from the firmness of a strike with the hand or the hardness of calluses on a laborer's hands.

Synonyms

domineering harsh heavy-handed strict tyrannical blue-collar hardworking working-class workworn

Antonyms

lenient soft-handed leisured upper-class

Derived words

hardhandedly hardhandedness
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