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Definition: Tyrannous |
TyrannousAdjective1. Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tyrannous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: TyrannousSynonyms: oppressive (adj), tyrannical (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne to tyrannous hate. (Othello; writing credit: William Shakespeare; Oliver Parker) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
William Shakespeare | How excellent it is to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use like a giant. |
| O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | The tyrannous and bloody act is done, The most arch deed of piteous massacre That ever yet this land was guilty of. |
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| "Tyrannous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tyrannous" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "tyrannous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tiranik (oppressive, tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إستبدادي (absolute, arbitrary, autocratic, dictatorial, imperial, totalitarian, tyrannical), ظالم (exploiter, inequitable, iniquitous, oppressive, unequal, unfair, unjust, wrongful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тираничен (arbitrary, sledgehammer, tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tyranský (bullying, despotic, heavy-handed, oppressive, tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ستمگرانه (Tyrannical), ستمگر (Atrocious, Cruel, Despot, Dispiteous, Oppressor, Tyrant, Unjust), ازروی ظلم وستمگری , ظالمانه (Burdensome, Outrageous, Tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tyrannique (tyrannical, tyrannized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tyrannisch (bullying, domineering, oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannicly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τυραννικόσ (compulsive, despotic, domineering, tyrannic, tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsarnoki (autocratic, autocratical, despotic, heavy-handed, imperious, masterful, procrustean, tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tirannico (tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tranlaasagh (despot, despotic, oppress, oppressive, oppressiveness, oppressor, persecute, persecutor, tyrannical, tyrannize, tyrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yrannoustay tirânico (arbitrary, bully, domineering, oppressive, tyrannic, tyrannical). (various references) tiranic (cruel, despotic, despotically, domineering, heavy-handed, oppressive, severe, tyrannical). (various references) тиранический (tyrannic, tyrannical). (various references) tiranski (despotic, oppressive, tyrannical). (various references) tiránico (oppressive, tyrannic, tyrannical). (various references) tyrannisk (domineering, tyrannical). (various references) zalimce (barbarously, inhumanly, unmercifully), acımasız (atrocious, brutal, coldhearted, cruel, cutthroat, dead, despot, ferocious, fiendish, flinty, grim, hard-hearted, harsh, implacable, inclement, inexorable, inhumane, merciless, outrageous, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, slashing, stern, truculent, tyrannic, tyrannical, unmerciful, unpitied, unrelenting, without remorse). (various references) тиранічний (despotic, despotical, satrapic, satrapical, tyrannic, tyrannical), деспотичний (arbitrary, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, despotical, domineering, imperious, oppressive, satrapic, satrapical, tyrannic, tyrannical). (various references) chuyên chế (despotic, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical), bạo ngược (domineering, tyrannic, tyrannical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tyrannous": tyrannously. (additional references) | |
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"Tyrannous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tiranno, tyrannis, tyranno, tyrannos, Tyrannus, tyrano. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tyrannous" (pronounced 'Tyr"an*nous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Absonous, Acrogenous, Acuminous, Adenous, Adipogenous, AEruginous, Agynous, Alburnous, Altisonous, Aluminous, Ambaginous, Ambigenous, Amnigenous, Amphigenous, Amphigonous, Anachronous, Anisostemonous, Annotinous, Anodynous, Antherogenous, Asparaginous, asynchronous, Athermanous, Bimanous, Binominous, Binotonous, Binous, Bituminous, Blennogenous, Bombycinous, Calcigenous, Caliginous, Caprigenous, Cartilaginous, Cerasinous, Ceruminous, Chitinous, Chondrigenous, Chromatogenous, Collagenous, Concinnous, Consonous, Conterminous, Coralligenous, Coterminous, Covenous, Criminous, Cymophanous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-n-o-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: aroynts, natrons, nonarts, santour, turnons. | |
-3 letters: annoys, aroynt, astony, natron, nonart, notary, outran, rayons, santur, snouty, sonant, stoury, suntan, synura, tronas, turnon, untorn. | |
-4 letters: annoy, antsy, arson, artsy, atony, aunts, aunty, autos, nasty, nonas, nouns, nutsy, rants, ratos, rayon, roans, roast, rotas, roust, routs, runny, runts, runty, rusty, ryots, santo, satyr, saury, snort. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-n-o-r-s-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: tyrannosaur, tyrannously. | |
+3 letters: tyrannosaurs. | |
+4 letters: intravenously, subventionary, tyrannosaurus. | |
+5 letters: cantankerously, consuetudinary, insurmountably. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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