Definitions for tyrannical
Overview of adj tyrannical
The adj tyrannical has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous
(marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights")
2. authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
(characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government")
