Definition of roughshod

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• roughshod is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
• roughshod is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
• roughshod is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of roughshod

• unjustly domineering (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition

  Synonyms

  1. heavy-handed
• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (adjective)

  Examples

  1. Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks

  Synonyms

  1. barbarous
  2. brutal
  3. cruel
  4. fell
  5. savage
  6. vicious
• (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping (adjective)

See definition of roughshod in Merriam Webster