tyrannous

[ tir-uh-nuhs ]

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adjective

tyrannical.

Origin of tyrannous

¹

1485–95; <Latin tyrann(us) tyrant + -ous

Other words from tyrannous

tyr·an·nous·ly, adverb
tyr·an·nous·ness, noun
non·tyr·an·nous, adjective
non·tyr·an·nous·ly, adverb
non·tyr·an·nous·ness, noun

Words that may be confused with tyrannous

tyrannous , tyrannosaur

Words Nearby tyrannous

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How to use tyrannous in a sentence

Her nerves and blood were troubled again by the ungovernable, tyrannous impulse of her power.
The Creators | May Sinclair
We all know that if they got the upper hand they would be far more cruel and more tyrannous than the whites have been.
A Roving Commission | G. A. Henty
Propensities, tendencies, habits, were as dead leaves upon the tyrannous wind of his imaginative ascendency.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas Hardy
If the tyrannous day of our fathers had but possessed the means of these our more diffident times!
Ceres' Runaway | Alice Meynell
You would, then, naturally imagine that the persons who made this abominable system had also made some tyrannous use of it.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XI. (of 12) | Edmund Burke

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