tyrannous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nontyrannous adjective
- nontyrannously adverb
- nontyrannousness noun
- tyrannously adverb
- tyrannousness noun
Etymology
Origin of tyrannous
Example Sentences
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In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
Caught between the maniacal determination of Purlie and the tyrannous wrath of Cotchipee, Lutiebelle discovers wiles she never knew she possessed.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
“All of our lives we had to have this tyrannous, treacherous statue looking over us,” Moore said.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2020
It echoes the embrace of homespun clothing in pre-revolutionary America—an effort to reduce the consumption of imported fabrics controlled and taxed by the tyrannous British.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2020
All the tyrannous giants were dead, all the dangerous dragons—some of which used to come down with a burrr like the peregrine’s stoop—had been put out of action.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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