ROUGHSHOD meaning: Riding rough; disregard for harm

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roughshod: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
roughshod: Merriam-Webster
roughshod: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
roughshod: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
roughshod: Collins English Dictionary
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Roughshod, roughshod: Wordnik
roughshod: Wiktionary
roughshod: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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roughshod: Infoplease Dictionary
Roughshod, roughshod: Dictionary.com
roughshod: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Roughshod: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
roughshod: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
roughshod: Rhymezone
Roughshod: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
roughshod: FreeDictionary.org
roughshod: Mnemonic Dictionary
roughshod: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (roughshod)

▸ adjective: (farriery) Of a horse: having hooves shod with horseshoes that have calks or projecting parts to prevent slipping.
▸ adjective: (by extension) Brutal or domineering.

Similar:

shod, fell, savage, vicious, brutal, heavy-handed, barbarous, cruel, domineering, inhumane, more...

Opposite:

gentle, careful, considerate, cautious, polished

Phrases:

ride roughshod, run roughshod, ride roughshod over, ridden roughshod over, rides roughshod over, more...

Colors:

charcoal, gunmetal, iron, graphite, pewter, more...

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