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Meaning of word roughshod from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

roughshod   adjective

Meaning : (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping.

Meaning : (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

Example : A barbarous crime.
Brutal beatings.
Cruel tortures.
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
A savage slap.
Vicious kicks.

Synonyms : barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious

Meaning : Unjustly domineering.

Example : Incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies.
A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.

Synonyms : heavy-handed

Roughshod meaning in Telugu.