English-Thai Dictionary

tyrannize

VI กระทำ อย่าง ป่าเถื่อน  kra-tam-yang-pa-tuan

 

tyrannize

VI ปกครอง แบบ กดขี่  depotize domineer dictate oppress pok-krong-beab-kod-ke

 

tyrannize

VT กระทำ อย่าง ป่าเถื่อน  kra-tam-yang-pa-tuan

 

tyrannize

VT ปกครอง แบบ กดขี่  depotize domineer dictate oppress pok-krong-beab-kod-ke

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TYRANNIZE

v.i.To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power over others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government. A prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; republican legislatures sometimes tyrannize over their fellow citizens, masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices. A husband may not tyrannize over his wife and children.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TYRANNIZE

Tyr "an *nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tyrannized; p. pr. & vb. n.Tyrannizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. tyranniser, Gr.

 

Defn: 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.

 

TYRANNIZE

TYRANNIZE Tyr "an *nize, v. t.

 

Defn: To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tyrannize

tyr an nize |ˈtirəˌnīz ˈtɪrəˌnaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] rule or treat (someone ) despotically or cruelly: she tyrannized her family | [ no obj. ] : he tyrannizes over the servants. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French tyranniser, from tyran ‘tyrant. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

tyrannize

tyrannize |ˈtɪrənʌɪz |(also tyrannise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] rule or treat (someone ) despotically or cruelly: she tyrannized her family | [ no obj. ] : he tyrannizes over the servants. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French tyranniser, from tyran ‘tyrant ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tyrannize

tyrannize verb she tyrannized her daughter-in-law: dominate, dictate to, browbeat, intimidate, bully, lord it over; persecute, victimize, torment, terrorize; oppress, repress, crush, subjugate; informal push around.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tyrannize

tyrannize verb she tyrannized her daughter-in-law: domineer over, dominate, order about /around, dictate to, browbeat, intimidate, bully, ride roughshod over, lord it over, keep someone under one's thumb; persecute, victimize, torment; oppress, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand, rule despotically, suppress, repress, crush, subjugate, hold down, keep down, grind down, trample underfoot, enslave, bring someone to their knees, treat harshly, treat brutally; informal push around.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tyrannize

tyr an nize /tɪ́rənàɪz /動詞 自動詞 «…に対して » 暴政を行う, 暴君として君臨する ; «…を » しいたげる «over » .他動詞 …に暴威をふるう ; …をしいたげる .t ý r an n ì z er 名詞