Definition of "tyrannous"
tyrannous
adjective
comparative more tyrannous, superlative most tyrannous
Tyrannical, despotic or oppressive.
Quotations
Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throneTo tyrannous hate!
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene iii]
It is extraordinary that as the wicked arts of this regicide and tyrannous faction increase in number, variety, and atrocity, the desire of punishing them becomes more and more faint […]
1797, Edmund Burke, “Remarks on the Policy of the Allies with Respect to France”, in Three Memorials on French Affairs, London: F. & C. Rivington, page 193