and <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handed</span> ironhanded, <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handed</span> From the idea of having an <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">hand</span>. <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span>) (derogatory)...
also: ironhanded and <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span> <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handed</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handed</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handed</span>) Misspelling of <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span>. 1987, Theodore Dreiser...
<span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">hands</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">hand</span> handirons...
more iron-willed, superlative most iron-willed) Extremely strong-willed. willful; for more, see Thesaurus:obstinate iron-fisted <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span> <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-hearted...
ironhandedness and <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handedness</span> ironhandedness <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handedness</span> From <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handedness</span> (uncountable) Synonym of heavy-<span class="searchmatch">handedness</span>: the property...
<span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">hand</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">hands</span>) (figuratively) Firmness, inflexibility, sternness. 1975 December 20, “"Cuckoo's Nest" Still a Valid Statement of the Non-conformist's...
Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> fist. An army's tank or cavalry branch. (ruthless control): <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">hand</span>, <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> heel, despotism, totalitarianism, autocracy...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span> and <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handed</span> From <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> + <span class="searchmatch">handed</span>, from the idea of having an <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">hand</span>. ironhanded (comparative more ironhanded, superlative...
of the <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-fisted state repression during the Cold War. <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span>; see Thesaurus:bossy for others hard-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span> heavy-<span class="searchmatch">handed</span> <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> fist <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-hearted...
also: ironhandedness and <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handedness</span> From <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handed</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">iron</span> <span class="searchmatch">handedness</span> (uncountable) Misspelling of <span class="searchmatch">iron</span>-<span class="searchmatch">handedness</span>. 2003, V. H. Jeoffrey,...