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tyrannical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /təˈrænəkəl/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /tiˈrænəkəl/ (General-American)
• tī- (General-American)
• tĭ-rănʹĭ-kəl (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin tyrannicus + -al; ultimately from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos) (absolute ruler, despot).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
2. (comparable) Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian.
   • a tyrannical regime
   • 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[…] September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
   • tyrannical rulers

Forms

Deriveds

tyrannicalness · tyrannically · ultratyrannical · untyrannical · pretyrannical · tyrannical sadism · anarchotyrannical · nontyrannical

Synonyms

bossy

Translations (72)

grc τυραννικός (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ar ظَالِم (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · pt tirânico (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · hi सितमगर (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · es tiránico (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ar غَاشِم (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · pt tirano (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · lt tironiškas (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · hi ज़ुल्मी (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · it tirannico (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · hi दराज़-दस्त (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · nl tiranniek (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · enm tyrauntly (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · es tirano (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · hi नादिरी (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · vo jitirenanik (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ga tíoránta (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · fr tyrannique (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · pl tyrański (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ga aintiarnúil (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · el τυραννικός (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · pt tirano (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · de tyrannisch (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · pl tyrański (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ro tiranic (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · hi दमनशील (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ga anlathach (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ru деспоти́чный (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ca tirànic (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · el τυραννικός (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ga aintiarnúil (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · hu zsarnoki (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · hi जाबिर (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · pl tyraniczny (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · vo tirenanik (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · vo tirenik (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · vo hitirenanik (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ro tiranic (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ga ansmachtúil (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ka ტირანიული (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · es de ordeno y mando (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ro despotic (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · hi दमनकारी (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · cs tyranský (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · eo tirana (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ro opresiv (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · fi tyrannimainen (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · es tiránico (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · la imperiōsus (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · hi ज़ालिम (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ja 横暴な (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ru деспоти́чный (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · pl tyraniczny (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ru тирани́ческий (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · grc τυραννικός (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · hi जफ़ा-पेशा (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · es tirano (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · vo tirenik (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · fi tyrannimainen (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · mi ngarengare (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ru тирани́ческий (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · sv tyrannisk (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ga ansmachtúil (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ka ტირანიული (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · de tyrannisch (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · hi अत्याचारी (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · hu kegyetlen (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ar ظَالِم (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · eo tirana (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · ar غَاشِم (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian) · pt tirânico (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant) · ca tirànic (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)