Sauronesque

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adjective

Having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveSauronesque (comparative more Sauronesque, superlative most Sauronesque)

comparative more Sauronesque · superlative most Sauronesque

  1. Having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness.

    And it's not the only Sauronesque Bush program

    2003 January 2, Noah Shachtman, “Bush's Year of U.S. Surveillance”, in Wired
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    This crew faces the Sauronesque embodiment of evil, the Shadow, its minions, the savage Reavers, and treachery in the usurper of Arlen's throne.

    1984, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 104, numbers 10-14, page 146

    Their Sauronesque motto—Join us, and we can rule the Middle East together—doesn't have quite the catchy ring it once did.

    2008, Chronicles, volume 32, page 36

Origin

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Chicago

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