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单词 tyrannical
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Definition of tyrannical in English:

tyrannical

adjective tʌɪˈranɪk(ə)ltɪˈranɪk(ə)ltəˈrænək(ə)l
  • 1Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.

    a tyrannical government
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Local officials are portrayed as corrupt and tyrannical but the central leadership is described as paying serious attention to the problems.
    • But she couldn't imagine Drake being cruel and tyrannical.
    • When the people were attacked, they would rally behind their dear leader, no matter how tyrannical or cruel he was.
    • Then why does he become so tyrannical when he's questioned?
    • New Zealanders have those freedoms, which set us apart from tyrannical regimes where Governments tell people what they can and cannot do.
    • Anne had told me that Dominic had become cruel and tyrannical.
    • No, they would not let themselves fall under some cruel tyrannical usurper.
    • It is hard to imagine that a person could support such a tyrannical regime.
    • Cruel and tyrannical, he consciously sought to make himself a despot.
    • The West backs up the most tyrannical regimes throughout the region.
    • He has become a student of one of the most tyrannical leaders in history.
    • Both were wars of choice, waged against tyrannical regimes that did not immediately threaten the United States.
    • If not, we will be waging military campaigns against new tyrannical regimes over and over again.
    • In our society it is not the tyrannical regimes with dictatorial and despotic power that destroys our freedom.
    • The problem is not simply that we allow arms suppliers to the poor and tyrannical to operate in this country; it is much worse.
    • Indeed, opposition to tyrannical powers is the highest expression of patriotism, American style.
    • Absolutist tyrannies are far more likely than democracies to breed absolutist tyrannical resistance groups willing to do anything to fight back.
    • Finding the strict regime unnecessarily repressive on the kids, he drafts them into a choir, much to the chagrin of the tyrannical head teacher.
    • They do not speak honestly about some of the world's most tyrannical regimes.
    • So private tyrannies become tyrannical by buying up some of the trade policies of democratic governments.
    Synonyms
    dictatorial, despotic, autocratic, oppressive, repressive, fascistic, tyrannous, absolute, totalitarian, arbitrary, undemocratic, anti-democratic, illiberal
    authoritarian, domineering, dominating, overbearing, high-handed, imperious, bullying, harsh, strict, iron-handed, iron-fisted, severe, cruel, brutal, ruthless, unjust
    rare Neronian
    1. 1.1 Characteristic of tyranny; oppressive and controlling.
      a momentary quieting of her tyrannical appetite
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Is it not then our job to reduce the tyrannical power of our government and once again allow men to live, trade and interact as they see fit?
      • Melanie is thrust into an unfamiliar family full of secrets, where Uncle Phillip pulls the strings, creating a tyrannical hold over the household.
      • The course of David's own career was held to express an unhealthy identity of tyrannical power with pedagogical authority.
      • Only their lack of a tradition of liberty has held them back by keeping them under the control of tyrannical governments.
      • It wasn't a victory for liberty, only a transition from one tyranny to another, because ANY system of governance is, to some extent, tyrannical.
      • Our aim was to free the public from tyrannical and illegal behaviour, to annihilate anarchy and strengthen the central government.
      • He declared it to be anti-democratic and tyrannical.
      • Of course, the consent decrees were originally put into action because the police abused their power to a tyrannical level.
      • The complete right to organize for political ends guards against the danger that majorities might impose tyrannical legislation.
      • There was no way he was going to give up or moderate his tyrannical power except at the barrel of a gun.
      • The thirteen colonies began with a defensive revolution against tyrannical oppression and they were victorious.
      • The Federation was a growing tyrannical power that was spreading across the Earth at an alarming rate, due to its vast military strength.
      • Diplomatic pressure and economic sanctions, for example, are useful means of engagement with tyrannical regimes.
      • But he was forced to flee to Athens when the revolt was crushed, and was prosecuted for having held tyrannical power in Chersonesus.
      • The second is that tyrannical oppression is a paradigmatic offense against the natural order.
      • Religious sects have also been templates on which hierarchies form, with ideal opportunities for individual men to wield tyrannical power.
      • Not that their rule was considered tyrannical or arbitrary.
      • That would have taught us all a salutary lesson against tyrannical and unjustified government action, wouldn't it?
      • It is the democratic left which should be most enraged by the history of that tyrannical empire and by the good men and women who compromised the cause by sticking with it.
      • He aims to create a new majority of right-wingers that can wreak tyrannical havoc over the rest of us.

Derivatives

  • tyrannically

  • adverbtʌɪˈranɪk(ə)litɪˈranɪk(ə)litəˈrænək(ə)li
    • This is true whether he's dealing with the tyrannically needy Louise, or the popular kids who torment them both at school.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thus, Love lives in him tyrannically, in total lawlessness, resorting to violence when necessary.
      • This is Lucas's world we live in now, and it's a tyrannically nostalgic one.
      • Rather than tyrannically declaring certain shows and games off-limits, teach them why you consider some choices inappropriate, giving them a model for decision-making skills.
      • The line between adulthood and childhood used to be tyrannically drawn.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Old French tyrannique, via Latin from Greek turannikos, from turannos (see tyrant).

Rhymes

botanical, Brahmanical, mechanical, puritanical, sanicle
 
 

Definition of tyrannical in US English:

tyrannical

adjectivetəˈranək(ə)ltəˈrænək(ə)l
  • 1Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.

    her father was portrayed as tyrannical and unloving
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If not, we will be waging military campaigns against new tyrannical regimes over and over again.
    • No, they would not let themselves fall under some cruel tyrannical usurper.
    • They do not speak honestly about some of the world's most tyrannical regimes.
    • Then why does he become so tyrannical when he's questioned?
    • Absolutist tyrannies are far more likely than democracies to breed absolutist tyrannical resistance groups willing to do anything to fight back.
    • Finding the strict regime unnecessarily repressive on the kids, he drafts them into a choir, much to the chagrin of the tyrannical head teacher.
    • Both were wars of choice, waged against tyrannical regimes that did not immediately threaten the United States.
    • It is hard to imagine that a person could support such a tyrannical regime.
    • Local officials are portrayed as corrupt and tyrannical but the central leadership is described as paying serious attention to the problems.
    • Indeed, opposition to tyrannical powers is the highest expression of patriotism, American style.
    • So private tyrannies become tyrannical by buying up some of the trade policies of democratic governments.
    • Cruel and tyrannical, he consciously sought to make himself a despot.
    • The problem is not simply that we allow arms suppliers to the poor and tyrannical to operate in this country; it is much worse.
    • But she couldn't imagine Drake being cruel and tyrannical.
    • In our society it is not the tyrannical regimes with dictatorial and despotic power that destroys our freedom.
    • New Zealanders have those freedoms, which set us apart from tyrannical regimes where Governments tell people what they can and cannot do.
    • He has become a student of one of the most tyrannical leaders in history.
    • When the people were attacked, they would rally behind their dear leader, no matter how tyrannical or cruel he was.
    • Anne had told me that Dominic had become cruel and tyrannical.
    • The West backs up the most tyrannical regimes throughout the region.
    Synonyms
    dictatorial, despotic, autocratic, oppressive, repressive, fascistic, tyrannous, absolute, totalitarian, arbitrary, undemocratic, anti-democratic, illiberal
    1. 1.1 Characteristic of tyranny; oppressive and controlling.
      a momentary quieting of her tyrannical appetite
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The course of David's own career was held to express an unhealthy identity of tyrannical power with pedagogical authority.
      • Our aim was to free the public from tyrannical and illegal behaviour, to annihilate anarchy and strengthen the central government.
      • Only their lack of a tradition of liberty has held them back by keeping them under the control of tyrannical governments.
      • Diplomatic pressure and economic sanctions, for example, are useful means of engagement with tyrannical regimes.
      • The complete right to organize for political ends guards against the danger that majorities might impose tyrannical legislation.
      • He aims to create a new majority of right-wingers that can wreak tyrannical havoc over the rest of us.
      • It wasn't a victory for liberty, only a transition from one tyranny to another, because ANY system of governance is, to some extent, tyrannical.
      • Not that their rule was considered tyrannical or arbitrary.
      • The second is that tyrannical oppression is a paradigmatic offense against the natural order.
      • Melanie is thrust into an unfamiliar family full of secrets, where Uncle Phillip pulls the strings, creating a tyrannical hold over the household.
      • There was no way he was going to give up or moderate his tyrannical power except at the barrel of a gun.
      • The thirteen colonies began with a defensive revolution against tyrannical oppression and they were victorious.
      • But he was forced to flee to Athens when the revolt was crushed, and was prosecuted for having held tyrannical power in Chersonesus.
      • He declared it to be anti-democratic and tyrannical.
      • That would have taught us all a salutary lesson against tyrannical and unjustified government action, wouldn't it?
      • It is the democratic left which should be most enraged by the history of that tyrannical empire and by the good men and women who compromised the cause by sticking with it.
      • Religious sects have also been templates on which hierarchies form, with ideal opportunities for individual men to wield tyrannical power.
      • Is it not then our job to reduce the tyrannical power of our government and once again allow men to live, trade and interact as they see fit?
      • The Federation was a growing tyrannical power that was spreading across the Earth at an alarming rate, due to its vast military strength.
      • Of course, the consent decrees were originally put into action because the police abused their power to a tyrannical level.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Old French tyrannique, via Latin from Greek turannikos, from turannos (see tyrant).

 
 
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