Usually means: Excessively harsh and authoritarian rule.
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  1. tyrannical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tyrannical: Merriam-Webster
  3. tyrannical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tyrannical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tyrannical: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tyrannical: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tyrannical, tyrannical: Wordnik
  8. tyrannical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tyrannical: Wiktionary
  10. tyrannical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tyrannical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tyrannical: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tyrannical: Dictionary.com
  14. tyrannical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Tyrannical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Tyrannical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. tyrannical: Rhymezone
  18. Tyrannical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. tyrannical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. tyrannical: FreeDictionary.org
  21. tyrannical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. tyrannical: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tyrannical: Legal dictionary

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  1. tyrannical: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  (not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
▸ adjective:  (comparable) Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian.

Similar:
tyrannous, despotic, tyrannic, dictatorial, autocratic, authoritarian, domineering, oppressive, undemocratic, tyrannicidal, more...

Opposite:
democratic, egalitarian, liberal

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oppressive, authoritarian, totalitarian, despotic, dictatorial, more...

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tyrannical types, opposite of tyrannical, tyrannical ideology, tyrannical ruler, more...

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Similar:
tyrannous, despotic, tyrannic, dictatorial, autocratic, authoritarian, domineering, oppressive, undemocratic, tyrannicidal, more...

Opposite:
democratic, egalitarian, liberal

Types:
oppressive, authoritarian, totalitarian, despotic, dictatorial, more...

Phrases:
tyrannical types, opposite of tyrannical, tyrannical ideology, tyrannical ruler, more...

Colors:
    dark red,     black,     deep purple,     blood red,     charcoal, more...



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