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Webster 1913 Edition
Tyrannical
{
Ty-ran′nic
(?; 277)
, Ty-ran′nic-al
, }Adj.
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary;
“A power tyrannical.” as, a
tyrannical
prince; a tyrannical
master; tyrannical
government. Shak.
Our sects a more
tyrannic
power assume. Roscommon.
The oppressor ruled
– tyrannic
where he durst. Pope.
Ty-ran′nic-al-ly
, adv.
Ty-ran′nic-al-ness
, . Definition 2025
tyrannical
tyrannical
English
Adjective
tyrannical (comparative more tyrannical, superlative most tyrannical)
- (not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
- (comparable) Despotic, oppressive or authoritarian.
Synonyms
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Translations
of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant
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despotic, oppressive, authoritarian
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