Definition of "tyrannous"

tyrannous

/ˈtɪɹənəs/

adjective
comparative more tyrannous, superlative most tyrannous
1. Tyrannical, despotic or oppressive.
  Quotations
  […] that Elfe,That man and beast with powre imperiousSubdeweth to his kingdome tyrannous:
  1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, page 582
  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
  The affinities have strongest partIn youth, and draw men heart to heart:As life wears on and finds no rest,The individual in each breastIs tyrannous to sunder them.
  1881, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Soothsay” in Ballads and Sonnets, London: Ellis & White, pp. 269-270