Search Result for "tyrannical":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior;
- Example: "the oppressive government"
- Example: "oppressive laws"
- Example: "a tyrannical parent"
- Example: "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
[syn: oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous]
2. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;
- Example: "an authoritarian regime"
- Example: "autocratic government"
- Example: "despotic rulers"
- Example: "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"
- Example: "a tyrannical government"
[syn: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tyrannic \Ty*ran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical \Ty*ran"nic*al\, a. [L. tyrannicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. tyrannique. See Tyrant.] Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government. "A power tyrannical." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Ty*ran"nic*al*ly, adv. -- Ty*ran"nic*al*ness, . [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "tyrannical": absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bossy, brutal, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, feudal, grinding, harsh, heavy-handed, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, monocratic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, peremptory, repressive, roughshod, severe, strict, suppressive, tyrannous, unjust
