"tyrannical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /tɪˈɹænɪkəl/ [General-American], /taɪ-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-tyrannical.ogg Forms: more tyrannical [comparative], most tyrannical [superlative]
enPR: tĭ-rănʹĭ-kəl [General-American], tī- [General-American] Rhymes: -ænɪkəl Head templates: {{en-adj}} tyrannical (comparative more tyrannical, superlative most tyrannical)
  1. (not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant): τυραννικός (turannikós) (Ancient Greek), ظَالِم (ẓālim) (Arabic), غَاشِم (ḡāšim) (Arabic), tirànic (Catalan), tyranský (Czech), tiranniek (Dutch), tyrannimainen (Finnish), tyrannique (French), ტირანიული (ṭiraniuli) (Georgian), tyrannisch (German), τυραννικός (tyrannikós) (Greek), zsarnoki (Hungarian), ansmachtúil (Irish), aintiarnúil (Irish), tirannico (Italian), tyrański (Polish), tyraniczny (Polish), tirano (Portuguese), tirânico (Portuguese), tiranic (Romanian), тирани́ческий (tiraníčeskij) (Russian), деспоти́чный (despotíčnyj) (Russian), tiránico (Spanish), tirano (Spanish), tyrannisk (Swedish), tirenik (Volapük), tirenanik [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hitirenanik [masculine] (Volapük), jitirenanik [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-tyrannical-en-adj-wz67~w~E Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant': 95 5
  2. (comparable) Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian. Tags: comparable Translations (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian): τυραννικός (turannikós) (Ancient Greek), ظَالِم (ẓālim) (Arabic), غَاشِم (ḡāšim) (Arabic), tirànic (Catalan), tyrannimainen (Finnish), ტირანიული (ṭiraniuli) (Georgian), tyrannisch (German), τυραννικός (tyrannikós) (Greek), अत्याचारी (atyācārī) (Hindi), ज़ालिम (zālim) (Hindi), ज़ुल्मी (zulmī) (Hindi), सितमगर (sitamgar) (Hindi), जाबिर (jābir) (Hindi), नादिरी (nādirī) (Hindi), दराज़-दस्त (darāz-dast) (Hindi), दमनकारी (damankārī) (Hindi), दमनशील (damanśīl) (Hindi), जफ़ा-पेशा (jafā-peśā) (Hindi), kegyetlen (Hungarian), ansmachtúil (Irish), aintiarnúil (Irish), tíoránta (Irish), anlathach (Irish), 横暴な (ōbō na) (alt: おうぼうな) (Japanese), imperiōsus (Latin), ngarengare (Maori), tyrauntly (Middle English), tyraniczny (Polish), tyrański (Polish), tirano (Portuguese), tirânico (Portuguese), opresiv (Romanian), tiranic (Romanian), despotic (Romanian), тирани́ческий (tiraníčeskij) (Russian), деспоти́чный (despotíčnyj) (Russian), tiránico (Spanish), tirano (Spanish), de ordeno y mando (Spanish), tirenik (Volapük)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bossy, tyrannic Derived forms: tyrannical sadism
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "text": "She met more than a quarter of all the American presidents who have ever lived, five popes, hundreds of national leaders, from the saintly, such as Nelson Mandela, to the tyrannical, including Robert Mugabe and Nicolae Ceausescu[…]",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ẓālim",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "ظَالِم"
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      "word": "tyranský"
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      "word": "ტირანიული"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "tyrannisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "τυραννικός"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "zsarnoki"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "ansmachtúil"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "aintiarnúil"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "tirannico"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "tirano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "tirânico"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "tiranic"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "тирани́ческий"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "деспоти́чный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "tiránico"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "tirano"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "word": "tyrannisk"
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      "word": "tirenik"
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      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
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      "word": "tirenanik"
    },
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      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
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    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ẓālim",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "ظَالِم"
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      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "غَاشِم"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tirànic"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tyrannimainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭiraniuli",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "ტირანიული"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tyrannisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tyrannikós",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "τυραννικός"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "τυραννικός"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "atyācārī",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "अत्याचारी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zālim",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "ज़ालिम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zulmī",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "ज़ुल्मी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sitamgar",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "सितमगर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jābir",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "जाबिर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nādirī",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "नादिरी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "darāz-dast",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "दराज़-दस्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "damankārī",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "दमनकारी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "damanśīl",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "दमनशील"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jafā-peśā",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "जफ़ा-पेशा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "kegyetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "ansmachtúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "aintiarnúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tíoránta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "anlathach"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おうぼうな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōbō na",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "横暴な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "imperiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "ngarengare"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tyrauntly"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tyraniczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tyrański"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tirano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tirânico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "opresiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tiranic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "despotic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tiraníčeskij",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "тирани́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "despotíčnyj",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "деспоти́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tiránico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tirano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "de ordeno y mando"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "despotic, oppressive, authoritarian",
      "word": "tirenik"
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  "word": "tyrannical"
}

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