tyrannize+over
1Tyrannize — Tyr an*nize (t[i^]r an*n[imac]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tyrannized} (t[i^]r an*n[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tyrannizing} (t[i^]r an*n[imac] z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. tyranniser, Gr. tyranni zein to take the part of tyrants.] To act the tyrant; to… …
2tyrannize — meaning ‘to behave like a tyrant (towards)’ is used both transitively (i.e. with an object) and intransitively followed by over. Fowler (1926) rejected the transitive use but it is now the more common pattern: (transitive) • We can use it to… …
3tyrannize — Synonyms and related words: beat down, bend, break, break down, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, conquer, cow, crush, daunt, despotize, dictate, dominate, domineer, domineer over,… …
4tyrannize — tyr|an|nize also tyrannise BrE [ˈtırənaız] v [I and T] to use power over someone cruelly or unfairly ▪ The children were tyrannized by their father. tyrannize over ▪ armed groups tyrannizing over civilians …
5tyrannize — verb ( nized; nizing) Date: 15th century intransitive verb to exercise arbitrary oppressive power or severity < some ways the living tyrannize over the dying Thomas Powers > transitive verb to treat tyrannically ; oppress < a regime that… …
6tyrannize — [[t]tɪ̱rənaɪz[/t]] tyrannizes, tyrannizing, tyrannized VERB If you say that one person tyrannizes another, you mean that the first person uses their power over the second person in order to treat them very cruelly and unfairly. [V n] ...fathers… …
7tyrannize — v rule despotically, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand; dominate, domineer, have the upper or whip hand, wield the power or scepter; boss or boss around, dictate to, order around, tell [s.o.] what to do, lay down the law, call the… …
8tyrannize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. despotize, domineer, dictate, intimidate, oppress; see also dominate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dictate, rule with an iron hand, dominate, oppress, bully, order around, *jackboot into submission, *keep under one s… …
9OVER — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index over noun absolutism (2), administration, advantage, authoritarian, authority (2), boss (2), bully, chief, command, demand …
10tyrannize — tyrannizer, n. tyrannizingly, adv. /tir euh nuyz /, v., tyrannized, tyrannizing. v.i. 1. to exercise absolute power or control, esp. cruelly or oppressively (often fol. by over). 2. to govern despotically, cruelly, or oppressively. 3. to govern… …
