Tyrannous

//ˈtɪɹənəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tyrannical, despotic or oppressive.

    "[…] that Elfe, That man and beast with powre imperious Subdeweth to his kingdome tyrannous:"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior wordnet

Synonyms

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absolutearbitraryaristocraticarrogantautarchicauthoritarian

Example

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"But she had heard, how men of Trojan seed / those Tyrian towers should level, how again / from these in time a nation should proceed, / wide-ruling, tyrannous in war, the bane / (so Fate was working) of the Libyan reign."

Etymology

From Latin tyrannus (“tyrant”) + -ous.

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