tyrannical

ty·ran·ni·cal  (t-rn-kl, t-) also ty·ran·nic (-rnk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a tyrant or tyranny: a tyrannical government.

2. Characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic and oppressive: a tyrannical supervisor.

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ty·ranni·cal·ly adv.

ty·ranni·cal·ness n.

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tyrannical

Adjective

of or like a tyrant; unjust and oppressive

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tyrannical - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" tyrannous, oppressive domineering - tending to domineer
	2.	tyrannical - characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" authoritarian, tyrannic, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial undemocratic - not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures"

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tyrannical or tyrannic

adjective oppressive, cruel, authoritarian, dictatorial, severe, absolute, unreasonable, arbitrary, unjust, autocratic, inhuman, coercive, imperious, domineering, overbearing, magisterial, despotic, high-handed, peremptory, overweening, tyrannous << OPPOSITE liberal