tyrannical : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tyrannical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tyrannical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tyrannical adj marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" Synonym(s): oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous 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" Synonym(s): authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tyrannic \Tyran"nic\ (?; 277), Tyrannical* \Tyran"nical\, 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. [bd]A power tyrannical.[b8] --Shak. Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. --Roscommon. The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope. -- {Tyran"nically}, adv. -- {Tyran"nicalness}, .