Associations to the word «Tyrannical»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

TYRANNICAL, adjective. Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights".
TYRANNICAL, adjective. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats