1. (

• roughshod

) (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping ;

2. (

• barbarous ,
• brutal ,
• cruel ,
• fell ,
• roughshod ,
• savage ,
• vicious

) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" ;

3. (

• heavy-handed ,
• roughshod

) unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" ;