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词汇 tyrannous
释义 tyrannous
adjective
uk /ˈtɪr.ən.əs/ us /ˈtɪr.ən.əs/
using power or authority in a cruel and unfair way: 暴虐的,专横的,残暴的
a tyrannous dictator暴君
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Controlling and being in charge
aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
cynical
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
get/fall into the wrong handsidiom
govern
guiding principle
paternalistically
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
slow
tame
wrangle
wrangler

Examples of tyrannous


tyrannous
At the basis of everything she says, one senses a rebellion against tyrannous love.
Year after year this haunting became more tyrannous.
As a result, he came to regard the entire parliament as tyrannous, and thus susceptible to the theory which he had developed in 1645.
The self of victims has often been deconstructed by the brutality and violence of despotic or tyrannous regimes or groups.
That is another horrible, tyrannous regime with a mighty war machine.
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If it is so brutal, dictatorial and tyrannous, why are those hundreds of thousands of people going south instead of north?
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It is most certainly tyrannous to use it as a giant.
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I regard that as absolutely absurd, tyrannous and ridiculous.
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Is it reasonable to continue this tyrannous attitude towards a population with whom we are continually working in harmony?
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It is astonishing to denounce such a proposition as tyrannous when that is the limit of the remedy proposed.
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It is tyrannous that anyone who gets into bad standing with his union can be deprived of his employment or his career without any remedy.
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An international force without any means of peaceful change could be a very tyrannous instrument.
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It is an excellent thing to have a giant's powers but it is tyrannous to use them like a giant.
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What would be the position if a tyrannous or indeed desperate local authority were to impose a deeply unpopular assessment?
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The mere fact of having a large majority may mean a tyrannous government.
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