tyrannical
adj/təˈrænəkəl/US
Etymology
From Latin tyrannicus + -al; ultimately from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) (absolute ruler, despot).
- derived from τύραννος
- borrowed from tyrannicus
Definitions
Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian.
- a tyrannical regime
- tyrannical rulers
- 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[…]
The neighborhood
- synonymbossy
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA