Synonyms: heavy-handed, roughshod
Definition: unjustly domineering
Usage: incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies; a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
Similar words: domineering
Definition: tending to domineer
Synonyms: brutal, barbarous, cruel, vicious, savage, roughshod, fell
Definition: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Usage: a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks
Similar words: inhumane
Definition: lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Usage: humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
Synonyms: roughshod
Definition: (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping