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Definition of tyrannical in English: tyrannicaladjective tʌɪˈranɪk(ə)ltɪˈranɪk(ə)ltəˈrænək(ə)l 1Exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way. 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 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.
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: tyrannicaladjectivetəˈranək(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 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). |