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Synonyms for tyrannize
ˈtɪr əˌnaɪztyr·an·nize
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Princeton's WordNet
tyrannize, tyrannise, grind downverb
rule a country as a tyrant
Synonyms:
domineer, grind down, tyrannisetyrannize, tyrannise, domineerverb
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
"her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
Synonyms:
domineer, grind down, tyrannise
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tyrannizeverb
Synonyms:
domineer, act the tyrant, be despotic, exercise arbitrary power, lord it, rule with a rod of iron, carry matters with a high hand
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How to use tyrannize in a sentence?
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow-citizens, the people are confirmed by the next article in their right to keep and bear their private arms.
...So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Translations for tyrannize
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- tiranitzarCatalan, Valencian
- tyrannisierenGerman
- tiranizarSpanish
- hatalmaskodik, zsarnokoskodikHungarian
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