tyrannical

English

Alternative forms

• tyrannic

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĭ-rănʹĭ-kəl, tī-, IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹænɪkəl/, /taɪ-/

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• Rhymes: -ænɪkəl
• Hyphenation US: tyran‧ni‧cal, UK: tyr‧an‧nical

Adjective

tyrannical (comparative more tyrannical, superlative most tyrannical)

1. (not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
2. (comparable) Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian.

   a tyrannical regime

   tyrannical rulers

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bossy

Translations

of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant

• Arabic: ظَالِم (ar) (ẓālim), غَاشِم (ḡāšim)
• Catalan: tirànic (ca)
• Czech: tyranský (cs)
• Dutch: tiranniek (nl)
• Finnish: tyrannimainen (fi)
• French: tyrannique (fr)
• German: tyrannisch (de)
• Greek: τυραννικός (el) (tyrannikós)

  Ancient: τυραννικός (turannikós)

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• Hungarian: zsarnoki (hu)
• Irish: ansmachtúil, aintiarnúil
• Polish: tyrański (pl)
• Portuguese: tirano (pt), tirânico
• Romanian: tiranic (ro)
• Russian: тирани́ческий (ru) (tiraníčeskij), деспоти́чный (ru) (despotíčnyj)
• Spanish: tiránico (es), tirano (es)
• Swedish: tyrannisk (sv)
• Volapük: tirenik (vo), (♂♀) tirenanik, (♂) hitirenanik, (♀) jitirenanik

despotic, oppressive, authoritarian

• Arabic: ظَالِم (ar) (ẓālim), غَاشِم (ḡāšim)
• Catalan: tirànic (ca)
• Finnish: tyrannimainen (fi)
• German: tyrannisch (de)
• Greek: τυραννικός (el) (tyrannikós)

  Ancient: τυραννικός (turannikós)

• Hungarian: kegyetlen (hu)
• Irish: ansmachtúil, aintiarnúil, tíoránta, anlathach
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• Japanese: 横暴な (ja) (おうぼうな, ōbō na)
• Latin: imperiōsus
• Maori: ngarengare
• Middle English: tyrauntly
• Portuguese: tirano (pt), tirânico
• Romanian: opresiv (ro), tiranic (ro), despotic (ro)
• Russian: тирани́ческий (ru) (tiraníčeskij), деспоти́чный (ru) (despotíčnyj)
• Spanish: tiránico (es), tirano (es), de ordeno y mando
• Volapük: tirenik (vo)