tyrannical

[ ti-ran-i-kuhl, tahy- ]

/ tɪˈræn ɪ kəl, taɪ- /

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adjective

of or characteristic of a tyrant.

unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe; arbitrary or oppressive; despotic: a tyrannical ruler.

OTHER WORDS FOR tyrannical

2 dictatorial; imperious, domineering.

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Sometimes ty·ran·nic .

Origin of tyrannical

1530–40; <Latin tyrannic(us) (<Greek tyrannikós, equivalent to týrann(os) tyrant + -ikos-ic) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM tyrannical

ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverbty·ran·ni·cal·ness, nounnon·ty·ran·nic, adjectivenon·ty·ran·ni·cal, adjective

non·ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverbnon·ty·ran·ni·cal·ness, nounpre·ty·ran·ni·cal, adjectivequa·si-ty·ran·ni·cal, adjectivequa·si-ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverbun·ty·ran·nic, adjectiveun·ty·ran·ni·cal, adjectiveun·ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use tyrannical in a sentence

It was like the resurrection of Prussia in 1813, against the tyrannic domination of the French emperor.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845|Various
A delegation was sent to the king with a strong remonstrance against his tyrannic course.
Sketches of the Covenanters|J. C. McFeeters
Two years later Mr. Davidson met the king, and, refusing to submit conscience to his tyrannic will, was cast into prison.
Sketches of the Covenanters|J. C. McFeeters
And it seems to me to be constantly a nickname affixed by the oppression of their tyrannic rulers.
Sketches of Central Asia (1868)|Arminius Vmbry

The thanks and prayers of the elder daughter would have affected with pity and commiseration the most tyrannic heart.
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp|John Shipp

British Dictionary definitions for tyrannical

tyrannical

tyrannic (tɪˈrænɪk)

/ (tɪˈrænɪkəl) /

adjective

characteristic of or relating to a tyrant or to tyranny; oppressive

Derived forms of tyrannical

tyrannically, adverbtyrannicalness, noun

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tyrannical

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British Dictionary definitions for tyrannical

tyrannic (tɪˈrænɪk)

Derived forms of tyrannical