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roughshod |
Overview of adj roughshod The adj roughshod has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. roughshod -- ((of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping) 2. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- ((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") 3. heavy-handed, roughshod -- (unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition") Antonyms of adj roughshod 3 senses of roughshod Sense 1 roughshod INDIRECT (VIA shod) -> unshod, unshoed Sense 2 barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious INDIRECT (VIA inhumane) -> humane Sense 3 heavy-handed, roughshod INDIRECT (VIA domineering) -> submissive Similarity of adj roughshod 3 senses of roughshod Sense 1 roughshod => shod (vs. unshod), shodden, shoed Sense 2 barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious => inhumane (vs. humane) Sense 3 heavy-handed, roughshod => domineering (vs. submissive) Attributes of adj roughshod Familiarity of adj roughshod roughshod used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj roughshod roughshod Overview of adj roughshod The adj roughshod has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. roughshod -- ((of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping) 2. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- ((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") 3. heavy-handed, roughshod -- (unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition")
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