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roughshod - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'roughshod' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Roughshod [ a.]
- Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.

Meaning of 'roughshod' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . roughshod [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Example in sentence:
  • a barbarous crime;
  • a savage slap;
  • brutal beatings;
  • cruel tortures;
  • Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks;
  • vicious kicks
Meaning (2):
- unjustly domineering
Example in sentence:
  • a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition;
  • incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies

Nearby Words:

rouble rouche roue rouet rouge rouge dragon rougecroix rouged rough rough-footed

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