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Roughshod

Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.

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Similar meaning 4

Domineering 84% connected

of Domineer

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Domineering 84% connected

of Domineer

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shod 84% connected

f Shoe.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shod 84% connected

f Shoe.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Barbarous 92% connected

Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Brutal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cruel 92% connected

See Crewel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fell 92% connected

of Fall

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Savage 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vicious 92% connected

Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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