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English adjective: roughshod

1. roughshod (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping


Similarshod, shodden, shoed


Antonymsunshoed, unshod

2. roughshod (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering


SamplesA barbarous crime.
Brutal beatings.
Cruel tortures.
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
A savage slap.
Vicious kicks.


Synonymsbarbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious


Similarinhumane


Antonymshumane

3. roughshod unjustly domineering


SamplesIncensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies.
A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.


Synonymsheavy-handed


Similardomineering


Antonymssubmissive









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