" hardhandedness "

1: as in harshness, heavy-handedness;

•  Synonyms : 

•  harshness,

•  heavy-handedness,

•  oppressiveness,

•  cattiness,

•  despitefulness,

•  hatefulness,

•  malevolence,

•  maliciousness,

•  malignity,

•  meanness,

•  nastiness,

•  spitefulness,

•  bloodlust,

•  bloodthirstiness,

•  murderousness,

•  sanguineness,

•  sanguinity,

•  fellness,

•  ferociousness,

•  ferocity,

•  fierceness,

•  grimness,

•  hard-heartedness,

•  mercilessness,

•  pitilessness,

•  ruthlessness,

•  unfeelingness,

•  atrociousness,

•  atrocity,

•  barbarity,

•  barbarousness,

•  brutality,

•  cruelness,

•  cruelty,

•  fiendishness,

•  heartlessness,

•  inhumanity,

•  inhumanness,

•  sadism,

•  savageness,

•  savagery,

•  truculence,

•  viciousness,

•  wantonness

•  Antonyms : 

•  benignity,

•  compassion,

•  good-heartedness,

•  humaneness,

•  humanity,

•  kindheartedness,

•  kindness,

•  sympathy,

•  tenderheartedness,

•  tenderness,

•  warmheartedness,

•  warmness,

•  warmth,

•  charitableness,

•  clemency,

•  leniency,

•  mercifulness,

•  mercy,

•  pity

1: difficult to endure;

  * e.g., " ... the hardhanded rule of a tyrannical regime "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bitter,

•  brutal,

•  burdensome,

•  cruel,

•  excruciating,

•  grievous,

•  grim,

•  hard,

•  harsh,

•  heavy,

•  inhuman,

•  murderous,

•  onerous,

•  oppressive,

•  rough,

•  rugged,

•  searing,

•  severe,

•  stiff,

•  tough,

•  trying

•  Antonyms : 

•  easy,

•  light,

•  soft