Dictionary Entry
tyrannize
tyrannize is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.
- 2transitive verb
To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.
- 3verb
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
"her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
- 4verb
rule a country as a tyrant
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