tyrannous
pronunciation
How to pronounce tyrannous in British English:
UK ['tɪrənəs]
How to pronounce tyrannous in American English:
US ['tɪrənəs]
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- Adjective:
- marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
Word Origin
- tyrannous (adj.)
- "of tyrannical character," late 15c., from Latin tyrannus (see tyrant) + -ous.
Example
- 1. To make art was to achieve a tyrannous freedom from self-explanation .
- 2. I had been accustomed while on earth to oppose tyrannous authority , and this habit remained with me in hell .
- 3. By 1815 the tax on sugar brought in almost 3m a year , more than the revenue from wine or tobacco : a sweet slush-fund for tyrannous behaviour .
- 4. To resist the tyrannous treatment , the ox purposely walked more slowly instead of faster .
- 5. The oppressive government ; oppressive laws ; a tyrannical parent ; tyrannous disregard of human rights .