Definitions for tyrannical

tyrannical ty·ran·ni·cal

Spelling: [ti-ran-i-kuh l, tahy-]
IPA: /tɪˈræn ɪ kəl, taɪ-/

Tyrannical is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 416 anagrams from letters in tyrannical (aacilnnrty).

Definitions for tyrannical

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of a tyrant.
  2. unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe; arbitrary or oppressive; despotic:

Origin of tyrannical

1530-40; Latin tyrannic(us) (Greek tyrannikós, equivalent to týrann(os) tyrant + -ikos -ic) + -al1

Examples for tyrannical

The most tyrannical precepts were obeyed with the greatest docility.

Truly, then, I said, a tyrannical son is a blessing to his father and mother.

Yes, he said, that is the way in which the tyrannical man is generated.

The Hunger Games franchise is already a deeply political saga, chronicling a growing rebellion against a tyrannical regime.

He supplies a vivid picture of a tyrannical state that eradicated political opposition with chilling efficiency.

Truly a tyrannical son is a blessing to his father and mother!

Those facts, Paul said, indicated that Chairman Mao was a tyrannical monster whose people lived “in abject slavery.”

She was just doing what she could to survive under the tyrannical reign of Tywin.

The tyrannical man who has the misfortune also to become a public tyrant.

Armstrong was the de facto leader of the USPS cycling team, and he was often tyrannical and abusive.

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