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tyrannous

[ tir-uh-nuh s ]

/ ˈtɪr ə nəs /

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adjective

tyrannical.

Origin of tyrannous

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

tyrannicide, tyrannize, tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, tyrannous, tyrannulet, tyranny, tyrant, tyrant flycatcher, tyre

Example sentences from the Web for tyrannous

Joab knew his guilty secrets, and Joab became the tyrannous master of his destiny.

The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings |F. W. Farrar
The Act of Uniformity and the tyrannous processes by which it was enforced no longer existed for them.

A History of American Christianity |Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Fr Salimbene gives full details of his evil ways, and the tyrannous maladministration which precipitated his downfall.

A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III |Henry Charles Lea
This is the sin of the usurer, the bodger, and the tyrannous landlord, and of this bad trinity the last is the worst.

The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century |Richard Henry Tawney

At present despot means an absolute ruler, and in a narrower sense a tyrannous one.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various