tyrannical
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: tĭ-rănʹĭ-kəl, tī-, IPA(key): /tɪˈɹænɪkəl/, /taɪ-/[1][2]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænɪkəl
- Hyphenation US: tyran‧ni‧cal, UK: tyr‧an‧nical[3]
Adjective
tyrannical (comparative more tyrannical, superlative most tyrannical)
- (not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
- (comparable) Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian.
- a tyrannical regime
- tyrannical rulers
- September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
- She met more than a quarter of all the American presidents who have ever lived, five popes, hundreds of national leaders, from the saintly, such as Nelson Mandela, to the tyrannical, including Robert Mugabe and Nicolae Ceausescu […]
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:bossy
Derived terms
Translations
of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant
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despotic, oppressive, authoritarian
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References
- “tyrannical”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “tyrannical”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “online hyphenation tool”, in ushuaia.pl, 2022 June 22 (last accessed)
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