Roughshod Synonyms

rŭf'shŏd'

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Synonyms for Roughshod

barbarous
(Obs.) Foreign or alien; in the ancient world, non-Greek, non-Roman, or non-Christian
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heavy-handed
Oppressive; harsh.
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brutal
Harsh; unrelenting:
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cruel
The definition of cruel is someone or something that deliberately causes pain or suffering.
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fell
Of an inhumanly cruel nature; fierce:
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vicious
Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
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Roughshod Sentence Examples

  • But Tait had none of Tillotson's gentleness, and he rode roughshod over the obstacles in his way.

  • The police were to be employed, it was said, as the instruments of a new despotism, the enlisted members of a new standing army, under the centralized authority, riding roughshod over the peaceable citizens.

  • It was a hollow truce, since the subject of the constitutions was not mentioned; and Thomas returned to England with the determination of riding roughshod over the king's supporters.

  • Tesco must not be allowed to ride roughshod over a local democratic process in this way.

  • The Government are already riding roughshod over popular opinion in their dash for wind.

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