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

heavy-handed

(adj) unjustly domineering, Syn. roughshod, Example:incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies; a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Roughshod

a. Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

作威作福

[作威作福, zuò wēi zuò fú] tyrannical abuse (成语 saw); riding roughshod over people #57489

凭陵

[凭陵 / 憑陵, píng líng] to ride roughshod over; to encroach

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

raubeinig; rücksichtslos { adj } | über etw. rücksichtslos hinweggehen

roughshod | to ride roughshod over sth.

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