1. tyrannous - Adjective
2. tyrannous - Adjective Satellite
Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOh it is excellent to have a giant's strength But it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. William Shakespeare
Of Fronto, to how much envy and fraud and hypocrisy the state of a tyrannous king is subject unto, and how they who are commonly called [Eupatridas Gk.], i.e. nobly born, are in some sort incapable, or void of natural affection. Marcus Aurelius
Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! *It's sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it's actually very rough when you experience it. William Shakespeare
The storm is over, the land hushes to rest: The tyrannous wind, its strength fordone, Is fallen back in the west. Robert Bridges
the oppressive government Source: Internet
oppressive laws Source: Internet