roughshod
adjective
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- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
Related & opposite
- shod similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
a barbarous crime
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Sense 3 adjective
unjustly domineering
incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies
Related & opposite
- domineering similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | shod |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cruelness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | savagery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brute |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhumane |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | domineering |