Tyrannical meaning

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Harsh, cruel, unjust, oppressive, etc.
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The definition of tyrannical is cruel and unjust power or control.

An evil dictator is an example of a leader that would be described as tyrannical.

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Of or relating to a tyrant or tyranny.

A tyrannical government.

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Characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic and oppressive.

A tyrannical supervisor.

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Of or suited to a tyrant; arbitrary; despotic.
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(not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
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Tyrannical Sentence Examples

  • He was a tyrannical ruler, and died suddenly in 1522.

  • In violation of the Law he married a brother's widow, who had already borne children, and in general he showed himself so fierce and tyrannical that the Jews joined with the Samaritans to accuse him before the emperor.

  • At his instance of the tyrannical system of arbitrary imposts and so Florence."

  • So tyrannical, however, was his rule that in 1316 he was expelled by the popular fury.

  • no less a tyrannical master than the Turks and the sheiks;, the country revolted in 1834, but the insurrection was quelled.

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