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iron-handed
adjective as in autarchic
adjective as in autarchical
adjective as in autocratical
adjective as in bossy
adjective as in dictatorial
adjective as in domineering
adjective as in severe
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- ascetic
- astringent
- austere
- biting
- caustic
- close
- cold
- cruel
- cutting
- despotic
- disapproving
- dour
- earnest
- firm
- flinty
- forbidding
- grave
- grim
- hard
- hard-nosed
- inconsiderate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- obdurate
- oppressive
- peremptory
- pitiless
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- rigorous
- satirical
- scathing
- sober
- stern
- stiff
- strait-laced
- tight-lipped
- tyrannical
- unalterable
- unbending
- unchanging
- unfeeling
- unrelenting
- unsmiling
- unsparing
Example Sentences
During his somewhat iron-handed rule several notable buildings were erected, some of them by his authority.
Nominal Queen of Egypt, she was still merely holding the reins, while iron-handed Rome strode at the horse's head.
A sculptor might have chosen his face and frame for a type of the iron-handed leader of pioneers.
In doing this, Tonty held her platter braced by his iron-handed arm.
But surely the compositor need not fear that the iron-handed automaton will snatch the bread out of his mouth.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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