Adjective
Closefisted; stingy; mean.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAllowing iron-fisted shutdowns to remain in place, the group of scientists added, “will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.” Source: Internet
The announcement was the latest in a series of efforts by the interim government to close the book on former President Omar al-Bashir, whose three decades of iron-fisted rule was brought to an end in popular protests last year. Source: Internet
‘The Iron-Fisted Fashionista’ Russian Life Nov.- Dec. 2009 by Lev Berdnikov, pg. 59 Men at court were known to wear diamond buttons, own jeweled snuff boxes, and adorn their servants in uniforms made of gold. Source: Internet
Liem, who died in 2012, was widely acknowledged for his closeness to the former president who stepped down in 1998 amid the turmoil of the Asian financial crisis after more than three decades of iron-fisted rule. Source: Internet
The 65-year-old Belarusian leader is campaigning to retain his post amid a wave of opposition protests driven by weariness and anger over his iron-fisted rule and the bruising economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Internet
‘The Iron-Fisted Fashionista’ Russian Life Nov.- Dec. 2009 by Lev Berdnikov, pg. 54 Clothing soon became the chosen means in Court by which to display wealth and social standing. Source: Internet