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To oppress (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 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, I 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To rule as a tyrant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The prince tyrannized over his subjects.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tyrannise, domineer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
rule a country as a tyrant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tyrannise, grind down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dictate
From Middle French tyranniser, equivalent to tyranny + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
тиранизирам
(tiraniziram)
— oppress someone
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Catalan:
tiranitzar
— oppress someone
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Chinese Mandarin:
限制
(xiànzhì)
— oppress someone
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Chinese Mandarin:
壓迫 /压迫
(yāpò)
— oppress someone
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Finnish:
sortaa
— oppress someone
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French:
tyranniser
— oppress someone
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Middle French:
tyranniser
— oppress someone
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German:
tyrannisieren
— oppress someone
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Greek:
τυραννώ
(tyrannó)
— oppress someone
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Hungarian:
zsarnokoskodik
— oppress someone
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Hungarian:
hatalmaskodik
— oppress someone
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tyrannisere
— oppress someone
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tyrannisera
— oppress someone
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tyrannisere
— oppress someone
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Portuguese:
tiranizar
— oppress someone
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Russian:
тира́нить
(tiránitʹ)
— oppress someone
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Spanish:
tiranizar
— oppress someone
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Swedish:
tyrannisera
— oppress someone
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Ukrainian:
тиранити
(tyranyty)
— oppress someone
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Greek:
τυραννώ
(tyrannó)
— rule as a tyrant
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Hungarian:
zsarnokoskodik
— rule as a tyrant
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Portuguese:
tiranizar
— rule as a tyrant
