tyrannize
pronunciation
How to pronounce tyrannize in British English:
UK [ˈtɪrənaɪz]
How to pronounce tyrannize in American English:
US [ˈtɪrəˌnaɪz]
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- Verb:
- rule a country as a tyrant
- rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
Word Origin
- tyrannize (v.)
- "rule despotically or cruelly; rule tyrannically," late 15c., from Middle French tyranniser (14c.), from tyrannie (see tyranny). Greek tyrannizein meant "to take the part of tyrants" in politics. Related: Tyrannized; tyrannizing.
Example
- 1. He used to tyrannize his younger brother .
- 2. The strong should not tyrannize the weak .
- 3. So it is the nature of such persons to insult and tyrannize over little people .
- 4. At length , says rousseau , " man becomes a tyrant over himself and nature " . Can you explain this phrase ? Can one tryrannize over oneself ? Can one tyrannize over nature ?
- 5. Cpc fighting against numb , bureaucratic gangdom gloom in tyrannize .