He liked to blame most of his faults and misfortunes on a tyrannical father.
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Tyrannical
//təˈrænəkəl//
Synonyms for "tyrannical" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (28)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- τυραννικός adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- τυραννικός adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Arabic
4 entries- ظَالِم adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- ظَالِم adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- غَاشِم adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- غَاشِم adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Catalan
2 entries- tirànic adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tirànic adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Czech
1 entries- tyranský adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Dutch
1 entries- tiranniek adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Esperanto
2 entries- tirana adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tirana adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Finnish
2 entries- tyrannimainen adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tyrannimainen adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
French
1 entries- tyrannique adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Georgian
2 entries- ტირანიული adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- ტირანიული adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
German
2 entries- tyrannisch adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tyrannisch adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Greek
2 entries- τυραννικός adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- τυραννικός adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Hindi
4 entries- अत्याचारी adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- जफ़ा-पेशा adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- ज़ालिम adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- ज़ुल्मी adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Hungarian
2 entries- kegyetlen adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- zsarnoki adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Irish
4 entries- aintiarnúil adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- aintiarnúil adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- anlathach adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- ansmachtúil adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Italian
1 entries- tirannico adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Japanese
1 entries- 横暴な adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Latin
1 entries- imperiōsus adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tironiškas adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Middle English
1 entries- tyrauntly adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Māori
1 entries- ngarengare adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Polish
4 entries- tyraniczny adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tyraniczny adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- tyrański adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tyrański adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Portuguese
4 entries- tirano adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tirano adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- tirânico adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tirânico adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Romanian
4 entries- despotic adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- opresiv adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- tiranic adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tiranic adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Russian
4 entries- деспоти́чный adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- деспоти́чный adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- тирани́ческий adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- тирани́ческий adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
Spanish
4 entries- de ordeno y mando adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- tirano adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tirano adj (despotic, oppressive, authoritarian)
- tiránico adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Swedish
1 entries- tyrannisk adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Volapük
4 entries- hitirenanik adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- jitirenanik adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tirenanik adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
- tirenik adj (of, or relating to tyranny, of a tyrant)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tyrannical governments frequently gaol their political opponents.
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Tyrannical governments frequently imprison their political opponents.
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Tyrannical governments frequently put their political opponents in prison.
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