tyrannousadj.

Brit.

/ˈtɪrənəs/,

/ˈtɪrn̩əs/, U.S.

/ˈtɪrənəs/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s tir-.

Etymology: < Latin tyrannus tyrant n. + -ous suffix.

a. Characterized by or inclined to tyranny; ruling or acting tyrannically; despotic.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic

tyrant1297

tyrannous1491

Pharaonical1528

tyrannical1560

tyrannizing1589

servile1603

despotical1608

monarchicala1618

Nimrodian1631

autocratoric1641

Dominical1644

despotic1650

Pendragonish1650

autocratical1651

autocratorical1651

Pharaonian1673

autocratic1769

Pharaonic1792

Corsican1804

Napoleonic1810

satrapian1822

satrapical1823

sultanic1827

absolutist1829

absolutistic1841

arbitrary1862

Napoleonistic1870

Nimrodic1877

pre-Hitlerian1942

1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 18 Richard the iij^de..of his cruell and tyrannous disposicion..caused [etc.].

1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John Prol. (1538) 3 b When God visiteth vs with sycknes, pouerte, or what so euer aduersite it be, he doth it not of a tyrannous mynde to satisfye hys luste.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ii. sig. H^v/1 The tyranneus handes of any earthly Pharao.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxi. sig. H4 Thou art as tiranous..As those whose beauties proudly make them cruell.

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. i. 8 Those Bishops were Popish, Tyrannous Bishops.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 98 Gave up the innocent many for a prey to the tyrannous few.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxv. 141 To speak freely of a tyrannous patron behind his back.

b. figurative. Exercising absolute dominion in some way; overpowering, irresistible; relentless; inexorable; severe.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming

tyrannous1549

overwhelming1567

overpowering1616

overbearing1639

surprising1645

defeating1661

knock-down1690

overcoming1704

knocking1711

knock-me-down1944

1549 Bible: Psalms xxv. 18 They beare a tyrannous hate agaynst me.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 167 Alas that loue so gentle in her view, Should be so tyrranous [1599 tirannous, 1609 tyrannous] and rough in proofe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 453 Yeeld vp O loue thy crowne..To tirranous hate.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 Flattery, and court shifts and tyrannous aphorismes appear to them the highest points of wisdom.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xvii. sig. Gg8^v That Tyrannous thing, which we misname Civility.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Mariner (rev. ed.) i, in Sibylline Leaves 5 The storm-blast..Was tyrannous and strong.

1841–4 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1876) 2nd Ser. i. 36 We have yet had no genius in America, with tyrannous eye, which knew the value of our incomparable materials.

1873 B. Stewart Conservation of Energy v. 139 [Nature] is only tyrannous on the surface.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxii. 318 To have spoken once is a tyrannous reason for speaking again.

1890 Cent. Mag. Feb. 574/1 The tyrannous moral Sense.

2. transferred. Of the nature of or involving tyranny; oppressive, unjustly severe or cruel.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective]

tyrannish1390

oppressinga1475

tyrannica1492

tyranful1533

tyrannicala1538

tyrannous1556

tyranniousc1561

tramplinga1586

suppressing1589

grinding1598

ingrating1599

wringing1620

inquisitory1639

inquisitional1644

oppressive1646

tyrannial1651

grating1653

inquisitorial1796

oppressive1972

1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 51^v The tyrannous power that they hade long wished for.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxi. 153 b Princes should not vsurpe vpon tyrannous force.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 463 The parching streetes That lend a tirranus and a damned light.

1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 146 I hold a good Principalitie as free, as a bad Common-wealth tyranous.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation lvii. 583 That the election of ministers and bishops at this day was tyrannous.

1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. 167 As soon as the Empire relaxed its tyrannous oppression of the Church.

1870 J. R. Seeley in Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 354/2 The Press..would have an exceptional and almost tyrannous power.

3. Combinations, as tyrannous-minded.

ΚΠ

1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vj For Tragedies.., that..of Richard the 3. would moue (I thinke) Phalaris the tyraunt, and terrifie all tyránous minded men.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tyrannous
释义	tyrannousadj. Brit. /ˈtɪrənəs/, /ˈtɪrn̩əs/, U.S. /ˈtɪrənəs/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s tir-. Etymology: < Latin tyrannus tyrant n. + -ous suffix. 1. a. Characterized by or inclined to tyranny; ruling or acting tyrannically; despotic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] > tyrannical, despotic, or autocratic tyrant1297 tyrannous1491 Pharaonical1528 tyrannical1560 tyrannizing1589 servile1603 despotical1608 monarchicala1618 Nimrodian1631 autocratoric1641 Dominical1644 despotic1650 Pendragonish1650 autocratical1651 autocratorical1651 Pharaonian1673 autocratic1769 Pharaonic1792 Corsican1804 Napoleonic1810 satrapian1822 satrapical1823 sultanic1827 absolutist1829 absolutistic1841 arbitrary1862 Napoleonistic1870 Nimrodic1877 pre-Hitlerian1942 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 18 Richard the iij^de..of his cruell and tyrannous disposicion..caused [etc.]. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John Prol. (1538) 3 b When God visiteth vs with sycknes, pouerte, or what so euer aduersite it be, he doth it not of a tyrannous mynde to satisfye hys luste. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. ii. sig. H^v/1 The tyranneus handes of any earthly Pharao. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxi. sig. H4 Thou art as tiranous..As those whose beauties proudly make them cruell. View more context for this quotation 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. i. 8 Those Bishops were Popish, Tyrannous Bishops. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 98 Gave up the innocent many for a prey to the tyrannous few. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxv. 141 To speak freely of a tyrannous patron behind his back. b. figurative. Exercising absolute dominion in some way; overpowering, irresistible; relentless; inexorable; severe. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming tyrannous1549 overwhelming1567 overpowering1616 overbearing1639 surprising1645 defeating1661 knock-down1690 overcoming1704 knocking1711 knock-me-down1944 1549 Bible: Psalms xxv. 18 They beare a tyrannous hate agaynst me. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 167 Alas that loue so gentle in her view, Should be so tyrranous [1599 tirannous, 1609 tyrannous] and rough in proofe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 453 Yeeld vp O loue thy crowne..To tirranous hate. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 3 Flattery, and court shifts and tyrannous aphorismes appear to them the highest points of wisdom. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xvii. sig. Gg8^v That Tyrannous thing, which we misname Civility. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Mariner (rev. ed.) i, in Sibylline Leaves 5 The storm-blast..Was tyrannous and strong. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1876) 2nd Ser. i. 36 We have yet had no genius in America, with tyrannous eye, which knew the value of our incomparable materials. 1873 B. Stewart Conservation of Energy v. 139 [Nature] is only tyrannous on the surface. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxii. 318 To have spoken once is a tyrannous reason for speaking again. 1890 Cent. Mag. Feb. 574/1 The tyrannous moral Sense. 2. transferred. Of the nature of or involving tyranny; oppressive, unjustly severe or cruel. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adjective] tyrannish1390 oppressinga1475 tyrannica1492 tyranful1533 tyrannicala1538 tyrannous1556 tyranniousc1561 tramplinga1586 suppressing1589 grinding1598 ingrating1599 wringing1620 inquisitory1639 inquisitional1644 oppressive1646 tyrannial1651 grating1653 inquisitorial1796 oppressive1972 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 51^v The tyrannous power that they hade long wished for. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxi. 153 b Princes should not vsurpe vpon tyrannous force. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 463 The parching streetes That lend a tirranus and a damned light. View more context for this quotation 1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 146 I hold a good Principalitie as free, as a bad Common-wealth tyranous. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation lvii. 583 That the election of ministers and bishops at this day was tyrannous. 1845 J. H. Newman Ess. Devel. Christian Doctr. 167 As soon as the Empire relaxed its tyrannous oppression of the Church. 1870 J. R. Seeley in Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 354/2 The Press..would have an exceptional and almost tyrannous power. 3. Combinations, as tyrannous-minded. ΚΠ 1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vj For Tragedies.., that..of Richard the 3. would moue (I thinke) Phalaris the tyraunt, and terrifie all tyránous minded men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1491
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