Tyrannize

Definition: Tyrannize

Tyrannize

Verb

1. Rule a country as a tyrant.

2. Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tyrannize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Note: Tyrannize \Tyr"an*nize\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Tyrannized; Tyrannizing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Tyrannize

Severity

Assume, usurp, arrogate, take liberties; domineer, bully; tyrannize, inflict, wreak, stretch a point, put on the screw; be hard upon; bear a heavy hand on, lay a heavy hand on; be down upon, come down upon; ill treat; deal hardly with, deal hard measure to; rule with a rod of iron, chastise with scorpions; dye with blood; oppress, override; trample under foot; tread under foot, tread upon, trample upon, tread down upon, trample down upon; crush under an iron heel, ride roughshod over; rivet the yoke; hold a tight hand, keep a tight hand; force down the throat; coerce; give no quarter; (pitiless) a.

Crosswords: Tyrannize

Just as we would never send any of our soldiers to march into other states to tyrannize other people. (Gods and Generals; writing credit: Ronald F. Maxwell)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Wherefore if the king shall shew an hatred, not only to some particular persons, but sets himself against the body of the common-wealth, whereof he is the head, and shall, with intolerable ill usage, cruelly tyrannize over the u7hole, or a considerable part of the people, in this case the people have a right to resist and defend themselves from injury: but it must be with this caution, that they only defend themselves, but do not attack their prince: they may repair the damages received, but must not for any provocation exceed the bounds of due reverence and respect. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "tyrannize": tyrannize over. Additional references.

Albanian

tiranizoj (domineer), shtyp (bruise, clench, compact, crush, Dent, depress, die, grind, newspapers, oppress, organ, override, pestle, pound, press, print, push down, quash, quell, repress, run down, run over, scotch, squash, squeeze, stamp, step, strike off, suppress, swat, trample, trample down, triturate, type). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إستبد (domineer), ‏إضطهد (aggrieve, grind, oppress, persecute, work against), ‏ظلم (abuse, aggrieve, darken, eclipse, extortion, gloom, grind, grow dark, inequality, inequity, iniquity, injustice, oppress, oppression, shadow, unfairness, wrong). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тиранизирам (boss, domineer), потискам (clamp, depress, domineer, drive back, flatten, get down, grind, gripe, inhibit, mope, muffle, oppress, persecute, pocket, press in, prey, quell, quench, repress, suppress, throttle, weigh down). (various references)

Czech

tyranizovat (Hector), utiskovat (oppress, rack, repress). (various references)

Dutch

tiranniseren, ringeloren. (various references)

Esperanto

tirani. (various references)

Faeroese

trælka, kúga. (various references)

Farsi 

مستبدانه حکومت کردن (Domineer), ستم کردن . (various references)

Finnish

tyrannisoida (browbeat, bully). (various references)

French

tyranniser. (various references)

German

tyrannisieren (browbeat, bully, bully about, bully around, bullying, domineer, to browbeat, to domineer, to tyrannize). (various references)

Greek 

τυραννώ (torture). (various references)

Hebrew 

לר�"ות (castigate, domineer, punish, rule). (various references)

Hungarian

zsarnokoskodik (to bully, to play the tyrant, to tyrannize). (various references)

Italian

tiranneggiare (bully, domineer, tyrannise), opprimere (bully, charge, grind, load, oppress, overlay, overpower, ride, smother, soffocate, suppress, vex, weigh down). (various references)

Manx

tranlaasey (harass, oppress, persecute), tranlaasagh (despot, despotic, oppress, oppressive, oppressiveness, oppressor, persecute, persecutor, tyrannical, tyrannous, tyrant). (various references)

Pig Latin

yrannizetay

Portuguese

tiranizar (crush, domineer, oppress). (various references)

Romanian

tiraniza (domineer), asupri (gripe, oppress, override, press, weigh down, wrong). (various references)

Russian 

тиранствовать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tiranisati, ugnjetavati (oppress). (various references)

Spanish

tiranizar (bully, domineer, dragoon, ride). (various references)

Swedish

tyrannisera (bully, domineer over, Hector, tyrannise, tyrannize over). (various references)

Turkish

zulmetmek (bully, dragoon, tyrannize over), ezmek (Bray, comminute, crunch, crush, domineer, grind, hold down, knock over, mangle, mash, oppress, overbear, overwhelm, pound, pulverize, quash, run down, run over, scrunch, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, squish, stamp, stave in, steamroller, stump, swat, trample, trample down, tread, tread under foot, weigh down), eziyet etmek (afflict, agonize, dragoon, excruciate, grind down, grind out, Harry, lead smb. a dance, maltreat, oppress, pain, persecute, rack, torment, torture, tyrannize over, wrong), baskı yapmak (bear against, coerce, constrain, constrict, force, impress, keep down, lean on, oppress, press, press for, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, pressurize, push, put leverage on smb., put the bite on smb., sit upon, squeeze, stress, subdue, urge, urge against, use force). (various references)

Ukrainian

тиранити. (various references)

Welsh

tra-arglwyddiaethu, gormesu (oppress). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "tyrannize": tyrannized, tyrannizer, tyrannizers, tyrannizes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tyrannize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trannie, tyrannis, tyrranize. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: entrain, tannery.

-3 letters: azerty, inaner, innate, intern, narine, ninety, nitery, ratine, retain, retina, tanner, tinner, zanier, zeatin.

-4 letters: anent, antre, azine, entia, entry, inane, inert, inner, inter, irate, nertz, niter, nitre, rainy, renin, retia, riant, ritzy, teary, tenia, terai, tinea, tinny, train, trine, yearn, yenta, zaire, zayin.

-5 letters: aery, airn, airt, airy, ante, anti.

+1 letter: tyrannized, tyrannizer, tyrannizes.

+2 letters: tyrannizers.