Search Result for "tyrannous": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior;
- Example: "the oppressive government"
- Example: "oppressive laws"
- Example: "a tyrannical parent"
- Example: "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
[syn: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tyrannous \Tyr"an*nous\ (t[i^]r"an*n[u^]s), a. Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic. --Sir P. Sidney. -- Tyr"an*nous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tyrannous adj 1: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]