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Roughshod   /rˈəfʃˈɑd/   Listen
Roughshod

adjective
1.
(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping.
2.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.  Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious.  "Brutal beatings" , "Cruel tortures" , "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks" , "A savage slap" , "Vicious kicks"
3.
Unjustly domineering.  Synonym: heavy-handed.  "A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"



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"Roughshod" Quotes from Famous Books



... roughshod over the thought-power, and trampled contemptuously on the mind-control. Mrs. Gardner's attitude was mysterious and unsatisfactory. She seemed to stand serenely on the shore of the deep sea where Mrs. Eliott ...
— The Helpmate • May Sinclair
... that "Jackson rode roughshod over the Senate of the United States," he only characterized the spirit by which he controlled every branch and department of the government. In every movement Jackson had displayed an arbitrary will, determined on success, regardless of ...
— Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. • Josiah Quincy
... positively order you to keep away from that Aubrey family? What do you mean by setting me at defiance in this way, you wilful, spoiled, hard-headed piece? Do you suppose I intend to put up with your obstinacy all my life, and let you walk roughshod over me and my commands? You have queened it long enough, my lady. If I don't rein you up, you will turn your aunt and me out of the house next, and invite that precious Aubrey crew to take possession. ...
— Macaria • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
... off after breakfast, but on reaching Fushie Bridge at three, found ourselves obliged to wait for horses, all being gone to the smithy to be roughshod in this snowy weather. So we stayed dinner, and Peter, coming up with his horses, bowled us into town about eight. Walter came and supped with us, which diverted some heavy thoughts. It is impossible not to compare this return to Edinburgh ...
— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott


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