Roughshod Definition
roughshod
adjective
- (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
- (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"
- unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy- handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
Words that rhyme with roughshod
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