All 4 Uses of
tyranny
in
Wuthering Heights
- Her affection tired very soon, however, and when she grew peevish, Hindley became tyrannical.†
p. 32.0 *tyrannical = harsh and unjust
- The servants could not bear his tyrannical and evil conduct long: Joseph and I were the only two that would stay.†
p. 46.3
- I could not picture a father treating a dying child as tyrannically and wickedly as I afterwards learned Heathcliff had treated him, to compel this apparent eagerness: his efforts redoubling the more imminently his avaricious and unfeeling plans were threatened with defeat by death.†
p. 188.8tyrannically = in a harsh and unjust manner
- In a month or two, my lad, you'll be able to pay her back her present tyrannies with a vigorous hand.†
p. 198.8
Definition:
harsh and unjust rule