[ UK /tɪɹˈænɪkə‍l/ ]
[ US /tɝˈænɪkəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
    a tyrannical government
    a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
    autocratic government
    an authoritarian regime
    despotic rulers
  2. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
    the oppressive government
    a tyrannical parent
    oppressive laws
    tyrannous disregard of human rights
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How To Use tyrannical In A Sentence

  • Melanie is thrust into an unfamiliar family full of secrets, where Uncle Phillip pulls the strings, creating a tyrannical hold over the household.
  • The thirteen colonies began with a defensive revolution against tyrannical oppression and they were victorious.
  • No, they would not let themselves fall under some cruel tyrannical usurper.
  • One sign of his lack of the tyrannical gene was that he could not beat Dr Kepepwe at tennis. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
  • A prevailing style of dress has become known as being ‘in fashion’, but fashion has been described as a tyrannically democratic force, enforcing conformity to current social or moral conventions.
  • His conception of a restrained aristocratic manliness is as applicable to the potentially hubristic - or tyrannical - prince as it is to the courtier.
  • While I was still in a dilemma as to whether I should ask them verbally if they are indeed cabbing, another dilemma stepped up in the form of a tyrannical auntie.
  • Proposition 22, which defined marriage to be between a man and a woman and adopted by California voters on March 7, 2000 with 61.4% in favor, was hijacked along with the California Legislative Branch by the Tyrannical Justices of the California Supreme Court which legislated from the bench in direct violation of the California Constitution and managed to null the will of the people and declare Proposition 22 unconstitutional. California becomes second U.S. state to legalize gay marriage : Law is Cool
  • The young composer wanders through a haunted mansion, trying to exorcise the spirits of his tyrannical father and castrating sisters.
  • Is it not then our job to reduce the tyrannical power of our government and once again allow men to live, trade and interact as they see fit?
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