tyrannical

(tĭ-răn'ĭ-kəl, tī-) also ty·ran·nic (-răn'ĭk)
adj.

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.

tyrannically ty·ran'ni·cal·ly adv.
tyrannicalness ty·ran'ni·cal·ness n.

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adjective

1. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, totalitarian, tyrannic. See over/under.
2. Having and exercising complete political power and control: absolute, absolutistic, arbitrary, autarchic, autarchical, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannous. See over/under, politics.

adj

Definition: dictatorial
Antonyms: democratic, easy-going, liberal

For a list of words related to tyrannical, see:

• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel

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