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- Dictionarytyrannical/tɪˈranɪk(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way: "a tyrannical government"
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TYRANNICAL definition: 1. using, showing, or relating to the unfair and cruel use of power over other people in a country…. Learn more.
The meaning of TYRANNICAL is being or characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny : despotic. How to use tyrannical in a sentence.
TYRANNICAL meaning: 1. using, showing, or relating to the unfair and cruel use of power over other people in a country…. Learn more.
Tyrannical definition: of or characteristic of a tyrant.. See examples of TYRANNICAL used in a sentence.
1. adjective. If you describe someone as tyrannical, you mean that they are severe or unfair towards the people that they have authority over. He killed his tyrannical father with a blow to the head. His behavior grew more unpredictable by the day, and increasingly tyrannical.
government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly: This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny. a situation in which someone or something controls how you are able to live, in an unfair way:
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty. “a tyrannical government” synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic. undemocratic. not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals. adjective. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.
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. See Synonyms at dictatorial. ty·ran′ni·cal·ly adv. ty·ran′ni·cal·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way synonym autocratic, dictatorial. tyrannical power. a tyrannical government. He was brought up by a cruel and tyrannical father. His reputation as a tyrannical captain made it hard to find a crew. At times she was tyrannical at home.
noun. government by a tyrant or tyrants; despotism. similarly oppressive and unjust government by more than one person. arbitrary, unreasonable, or despotic behaviour or use of authority. the teacher's tyranny. any harsh discipline or oppression. the tyranny of the clock. a political unit ruled by a tyrant.
