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Meaning of TYRANNOUS

Pronunciation:  'tirunus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
 
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 Synonyms: domineering, oppressive, tyrannical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tyr"an*nous\, a.
Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic. --Sir P.
Sidney. -- {Tyr"an*nous*ly}, adv.
 

 

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