tyrannical

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪˈɹæ.nɪ.kəl/

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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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:bossy

Translations

of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant

• Catalan: tirànic
• Czech: tyranský (cs)
• Dutch: tiranniek (nl)
• Finnish: tyrannimainen (fi)
• French: tyrannique (fr)
• German: tyrannisch (de)
• Greek: τυραννικός (el) m (tyrannikós)

  Ancient: τυραννικός (turannikós)

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

despotic, oppressive, authoritarian

• Catalan: tirànic
• Finnish: tyrannimainen (fi)
• German: tyrannisch (de)
• Greek: τυραννικός (el) m (tyrannikós)

  Ancient: τυραννικός (turannikós)

• Hungarian: kegyetlen (hu)
• Irish: ansmachtúil, aintiarnúil, tíoránta, anlathach
• Japanese: 横暴 (oubou)
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• Latin: imperiōsus
• Maori: ngarengare
• Middle English: tyrauntly
• Portuguese: tirano (pt), tirânico
• Romanian: opresiv (ro), tiranic (ro), despotic (ro)
• Spanish: tiránico (es) m, tiránica (es) f, tirano (es) m, tirana (es) f, de ordeno y mando
• Volapük: tirenik (vo)