"tyrannize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈtɪɹ.ən.aɪz/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-tyrannize.wav Forms: tyrannizes [present, singular, third-person], tyrannizing [participle, present], tyrannized [participle, past], tyrannized [past]
Etymology: From Middle French tyranniser, equivalent to tyranny + -ize. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|tyranniser}} Middle French tyranniser, {{suf|en|tyranny|ize}} tyranny + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} tyrannize (third-person singular simple present tyrannizes, present participle tyrannizing, simple past and past participle tyrannized)
  1. (transitive) To oppress (someone). Tags: transitive Translations (oppress someone): тиранизирам (tiraniziram) (Bulgarian), tiranitzar (Catalan), 限制 (xiànzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 壓迫 (Chinese Mandarin), 压迫 (yāpò) (Chinese Mandarin), sortaa (Finnish), tyranniser (French), tyrannisieren (German), τυραννώ (tyrannó) (Greek), zsarnokoskodik (Hungarian), hatalmaskodik (Hungarian), tyranniser (Middle French), Bokmål tyrannisere (Norwegian), Nynorsk tyrannisera (Norwegian), tyrannisere (Norwegian), tiranizar (Portuguese), тира́нить (tiránitʹ) (Russian), tiranizar (Spanish), tyrannisera (Swedish), тиранити (tyranyty) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (intransitive) To rule as a tyrant. Tags: intransitive Translations (rule as a tyrant): τυραννώ (tyrannó) (Greek), zsarnokoskodik (Hungarian), tiranizar (Portuguese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tyrannise (english: non-Oxford British English)

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      "form": "tyrannizes",
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    },
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      "form": "tyrannizing",
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          "ref": "1929, Edgar Wallace, “The Tyrant of the House”, in The Iron Grip, London: George Newnes:",
          "text": "In truth he was the type of man who is spoilt by the submission of weaker people than himself. There are such men, who must either be tyrannized or be tyrants […]",
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        },
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          "text": "2001, Breena Clarke, “Roots of Success” (review of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by A’Lelia Bundles), Chicago Tribune, 18 February, 2001,\nI spent the first 18 years of my life tyrannized by a red-hot hair-pressing comb. Well, maybe tyrannized is an exaggeration. But covering your ears while hot grease sizzles nearby is not a young girl's idea of a fun time."
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        "To oppress (someone)."
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        "(transitive) To oppress (someone)."
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          "ref": "1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
          "text": "What? will they tyrannize vpon the Church?",
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          "ref": "c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:",
          "text": "Ah, Rome! Well, well; I made thee miserable\nWhat time I threw the people’s suffrages\nOn him that thus doth tyrannize o’er me.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 24:",
          "text": "[…] lest som should perswade ye, Lords and Commons, that these arguments of lerned mens discouragement at this your order, are meer flourishes, and not reall, I could recount what I have seen and heard in other Countries, where this kind of inquisition tyrannizes […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, “Parental Affection”, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC, page 344:",
          "text": "Parental affection, indeed, in many minds, is but a pretext to tyrannize where it can be done with impunity, for only good and wise men are content with the respect that will bear discussion.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Michael Pompeo, “Communist China and the Free World’s Future”, in U. S. Department of State:",
          "text": "General Secretary Xi is not destined to tyrannize inside and outside of China forever, unless we allow it.",
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        "(intransitive) To rule as a tyrant."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tiraniziram",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "тиранизирам"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tiranitzar"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànzhì",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "限制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "壓迫"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yāpò",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "压迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "sortaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tyranniser"
    },
    {
      "code": "frm",
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tyranniser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tyrannisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tyrannó",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "τυραννώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "zsarnokoskodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "hatalmaskodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "Bokmål tyrannisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "Nynorsk tyrannisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tyrannisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tiranizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tiránitʹ",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "тира́нить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tiranizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "tyrannisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tyranyty",
      "sense": "oppress someone",
      "word": "тиранити"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tyrannó",
      "sense": "rule as a tyrant",
      "word": "τυραννώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rule as a tyrant",
      "word": "zsarnokoskodik"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rule as a tyrant",
      "word": "tiranizar"
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}

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