Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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roughshod | No | Yes | No | No |
savage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
roughshod (noun) | savage (noun) |
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a member of an uncivilized people | |
a cruelly rapacious person |
roughshod (adjective) | savage (adjective) |
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unjustly domineering | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering |
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | without civilizing influences |
(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping | marked by extreme and violent energy |
wild and menacing |
roughshod (verb) | savage (verb) |
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criticize harshly or violently | |
attack brutally and fiercely |