ROUGHSHOD Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

roughshod

adverb

as in violently

without thinking or caring about the opinions, rights, or feelings of others The demanding boss ran roughshod over her demoralized employees.

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Recent Examples of roughshod And in the many American cities where cars dominate and public transport is lacking, the priority should be building new infrastructure to move people around efficiently and greenly, not allowing tech startups to run roughshod over public space. —

Jill Filipovic, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023 Other states must keep education bureaucrats from running roughshod over policy-makers and the public. —

David Randall, National Review, 10 Feb. 2023 He was replaced by Iaroslav Niagu, who struggled to do much better, as Washington big man Braxton Meah ran roughshod in the paint early on. —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023 The Pioneers ran roughshod on North Ridgeville in their 42-6 road win, as Lance Glover Jr. and Jaden Gilbert each scored twice on a combined 15 touches. —

Matt Goul, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for roughshod

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The hope of one day inheriting Cal’s construction empire was part of what motivated Nate to act so … violently in high school, but without the context of how that takeover happened, his success strains credulity.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
The police said he was violently assaulted and died of blunt force trauma.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026