tyrannize+over
11tyrannize — also ise BrE verb (T) to use power over someone cruelly or unfairly: a family tyrannized by their grandfather …
12tyrannize — verb she tyrannized her daughter in law Syn: dominate, dictate to, browbeat, intimidate, bully, lord it over; persecute, victimize, torment, terrorize; oppress, repress, crush, subjugate; informal push around …
13tyrannize — tyr•an•nize [[t]ˈtɪr əˌnaɪz[/t]] v. nized, niz•ing 1) gov to rule or govern tyrannically; treat oppressively 2) to exercise absolute power or control, esp. cruelly or oppressively (often fol. by over) 3) gov to govern or reign as a tyrant •… …
14tyrannize — v.tr. & (foll. by over) intr. (also ise) behave like a tyrant towards; rule or treat despotically or cruelly. Etymology: F tyranniser (as TYRANT) …
15ride roughshod over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, hit and run, intimidate, inundate, keep down,… …
16lord it over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, intimidate, keep down, keep under, oppress,… …
17walk over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, breeze, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, carry by storm, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, intimidate, keep down,… …
18lord it over someone — ORDER ABOUT/AROUND, dictate to, ride roughshod over, pull rank on, tyrannize, have under one s thumb; be overbearing, put on airs, swagger; informal boss about/around, walk all over, push around, throw one s weight about/around. → lord * * * lord …
19lord it over someone — in our schooldays, you used to lord it over us Syn: order about/around, dictate to, domineer, ride roughshod over, pull rank on, tyrannize, have under one s thumb; informal boss around, walk all over, push around; throw one s weight around …
20Tyrannized — Tyrannize 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;… …
