In truth he was the type of man who is spoilt by the submission of weaker people than himself. There are such men, who must either be tyrannized or be tyrants […]
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Tyrannize
//ˈtɪɹ.ən.aɪz//
Synonyms for "tyrannize" (72 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- тиранизирам verb (oppress someone)
Catalan
1 entries- tiranitzar verb (oppress someone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 壓迫 /压迫 verb (oppress someone)
- 限制 verb (oppress someone)
Finnish
1 entries- sortaa verb (oppress someone)
French
1 entries- tyranniser verb (oppress someone)
German
1 entries- tyrannisieren verb (oppress someone)
Greek
2 entries- τυραννώ verb (oppress someone)
- τυραννώ verb (rule as a tyrant)
Hungarian
3 entries- hatalmaskodik verb (oppress someone)
- zsarnokoskodik verb (oppress someone)
- zsarnokoskodik verb (rule as a tyrant)
Middle French
1 entries- tyranniser verb (oppress someone)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tyrannisere verb (oppress someone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- tyrannisera verb (oppress someone)
- tyrannisere verb (oppress someone)
Portuguese
2 entries- tiranizar verb (oppress someone)
- tiranizar verb (rule as a tyrant)
Russian
1 entries- тира́нить verb (oppress someone)
Spanish
1 entries- tiranizar verb (oppress someone)
Swedish
1 entries- tyrannisera verb (oppress someone)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тиранити verb (oppress someone)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
2001, Breena Clarke, “Roots of Success” (review of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by A’Lelia Bundles), Chicago Tribune, 18 February, 2001, I spent the first 18 years of my life tyrannized by a red-hot hair-pressing comb. Well, maybe tyrannized is an exaggeration. But covering your ears while hot grease sizzles nearby is not a young girl's idea of a fun time.
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The prince tyrannized over his subjects.
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What? will they tyrannize vpon the Church?
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