Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: roughshod
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ʌfʃ'ɑd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: heavy-handed, roughshod
    Meaning: unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
  • Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
    Meaning: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
  • Synonyms: roughshod
    Meaning: (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
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