Mary imposed draconian punishments on her son for committing even the smallest infractions.
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Draconian
//dɹəˈkoʊ.ni.ən//
Synonyms for "draconian" (78 found)
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1 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 26 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- drakonies adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Arabic
1 entries- شَدِيد الْقُسْوَة adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Armenian
1 entries- դրակոնյան adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Bulgarian
1 entries- драконовски adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Catalan
1 entries- draconià adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 嚴苛的 /严苛的 adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Czech
1 entries- drakonický adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Dutch
1 entries- draconisch adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Esperanto
1 entries- drakona adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Finnish
3 entries- drakoninen adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
- erittäin ankara adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
- lohikäärmemäinen adj (of or resembling a dragon)
French
1 entries- draconien adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Galician
1 entries- draconiano adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
German
3 entries- drakonisch adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
- drastisch adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
- entschieden adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Greek
1 entries- δρακόντειος adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Hungarian
1 entries- drákói adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Ido
2 entries- drakala adj (of or resembling a dragon)
- drakonala adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Irish
1 entries- danartha adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Italian
1 entries- draconiano adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Korean
1 entries- 엄격(嚴格)하다 adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Macedonian
2 entries- драконски adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
- змејски adj (of or resembling a dragon)
Polish
1 entries- drakoński adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Portuguese
1 entries- draconiano adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Russian
3 entries- драко́ний adj (of or resembling a dragon)
- драко́новский adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
- драко́новский adj (of or resembling a dragon)
Spanish
1 entries- draconiano adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Swedish
1 entries- drakonisk adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Ukrainian
1 entries- драко́нівський adj (severe, oppressive or strict)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Israel slapped draconian sanctions on Gaza.
Source: tatoeba (6975679)
Mary imposed draconian punishments on her son Tom for committing even the smallest infractions.
Source: tatoeba (7701429)
A national emergency declaration empowers a president to take draconian measures in the name of national security.
Source: tatoeba (8609857)
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