Tyrannical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tyrannic \Ty*ran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical \Ty*ran"nic*al\, a.
     [L. tyrannicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. tyrannique. See {Tyrant}.]
     Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly
     severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel;
     arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master;
     tyrannical government. "A power tyrannical." --Shak.


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           Our sects a more tyrannic power assume.  --Roscommon.
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           The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ly}, adv. --
     {Ty*ran"nic*al*ness}, .
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tyrannical
       adj 1: of or relating to or associated with or resembling a
              dictatorship; "tyrannical suppression of liberty"
              [syn: {tyrannic}]
       2: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the
          oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical
          parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn: {oppressive},
           {tyrannous}]
       3: 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" [syn: {authoritarian}, {autocratic},
           {dictatorial}, {despotic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "tyrannical":
     absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic,
     arrogant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic,
     bossy, brutal, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, feudal,
     grinding, harsh, heavy-handed, high-handed, imperative, imperial,
     imperious, lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, monocratic,
     oppressive, overbearing, overruling, peremptory, repressive,
     roughshod, severe, strict, suppressive, tyrannous, unjust