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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 policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition")
Grep of verb roughshod
ride roughshod
run roughshod
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)
Pertainyms of adj roughshod
Attributes of adj roughshod
Domain of adj roughshod
Domain Terms of adj roughshod
Familiarity of adj roughshod
roughshod used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj roughshod
roughshod
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