roughshod
adjective
1. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
Similar word(s): shod, shodden, shoed
2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
Similar word(s): inhumane, barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious
3. unjustly domineering
- a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
Similar word(s): domineering