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tyrannical
[ ti-ran-i-kuhl, tahy- ]
adjective
- of or characteristic of a tyrant.
- unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe; arbitrary or oppressive; despotic:
a tyrannical ruler.
Synonyms: , ,
tyrannical
/ tɪˈrænɪkəl; tɪˈrænɪk /
adjective
- characteristic of or relating to a tyrant or to tyranny; oppressive
Derived Forms
- ٲˈԲԾԱ, noun
- ٲˈԲԾ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٲ·n·· adverb
- ٲ·n··Ա noun
- ԴDzt·n adjective
- ԴDzt·n· adjective
- nonٲ·n·· adverb
- nonٲ·n··Ա noun
- t·n· adjective
- ܲȴ-ٲ·n· adjective
- quasi-ٲ·n·· adverb
- ܲt·n adjective
- ܲt·n· adjective
- unٲ·n·· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of tyrannical1
Example Sentences
They also believed that it was on the ordinary citizens of America to take up arms against a tyrannical ruling order, no matter what the cost to innocent lives might be.
And having lived under the conditions of a tyrannical government, the authors of the Bill of Rights understood the primacy of free speech.
Social commentator and civil rights activist Laura Miti accused the US embassy of "hypocrisy", while also labelling the new law "tyrannical".
In a tyrannical system, the accused’s guilt is determined by their being accused in the first place.
No one is uninfected by this particular plague; monsters also lurk in militias, cults and FEDRA, the tyrannical government agency assembled in the early days of the pandemic.
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