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tyrannical

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

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adjective

of or characteristic of a tyrant.

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

Also, ty·ran·nic.

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

Related forms

ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverb

ty·ran·ni·cal·ness, noun

non·ty·ran·nic, adjective

non·ty·ran·ni·cal, adjective

non·ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverb

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non·ty·ran·ni·cal·ness, noun

pre·ty·ran·ni·cal, adjective

qua·si-ty·ran·ni·cal, adjective

qua·si-ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverb

un·ty·ran·nic, adjective

un·ty·ran·ni·cal, adjective

un·ty·ran·ni·cal·ly, adverb

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Synonyms
2. dictatorial; imperious, domineering.

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Example Sentences

Bush would never have allowed this tyrannical country to develop the bomb.

I've seen professors suspend long-running feuds to militate against evil administrators or tyrannical chairs.

He was arrogant and influential, tyrannical and abusive.

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Bush would never have allowed this tyrannical country to develop the bomb.

I've seen professors suspend long-running feuds to militate against evil administrators or tyrannical chairs.

He was arrogant and influential, tyrannical and abusive.

Only benevolent governments can fix it by imposing tyrannical mandates to stop the people from behaving irresponsibly.

There is no law against being an obnoxious tyrannical boss, even though thousands of employees probably have fantasized about one.

To think someone's little pistol or shotgun is ample weaponry to overthrow a tyrannical government is silly.

Nor does the overthrow of a tyrannical order instantly make it easy to examine the past.

With plurality, a candidate top-ranked by a majority always wins, hence a tyrannical majority always gains power.

He was criticized by some colleagues and compatriots for being vain, inscrutable, tyrannical and too much the aristocrat.

Still a radical shake-up of a tyrannical system is already in the works.

In my opinion, this film was created to bring awareness to the tyrannical repression of alternative ideas.

He ends up fighting on behalf of a group of black homesteaders who are being deprived of their property by a tyrannical landowner.

He lied to avoid persecution by tyrannical authority.

It is akin to sending billions of foreign aid money to tyrannical dictators abroad under the pretext of feeding the world.

Now new research reveals that some queens are even more tyrannical than previously thought.

She is coarse and coy, wise and foolish, vulnerable and tyrannical.

We laughed off unsafe working conditions, back breaking labor, tyrannical insane bosses.

Sworn enemies see in his manner the tyrannical and ruthless braggadocio of a man who will not be crossed.

Leadership is nothing more than a tyrannical bully mentality.

The ineptly tyrannical patriarch proves to be too much for his wife, and she reacts in a distinctly non-traditional manner.

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World English Dictionary

tyrannical or tyrannic (tɪˈrænɪk^əl, tɪˈrænɪk)

—*adj*
	characteristic of or relating to a tyrant or to tyranny; oppressive

tyrannic or tyrannic

—*adj*

ty'rannically or tyrannic

—*adv*

ty'rannicalness or tyrannic

—n

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"The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised."

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