tyrannical

tyrannical is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government.
2. adjective. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

   "an authoritarian regime"

   "autocratic government"

   Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic

3. adjective. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

   "the oppressive government"

   "oppressive laws"

   Synonyms: oppressive, tyrannous

Synonyms

authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, oppressive, tyrannous

Common word forms

tyrannically, tyrannicalness

Words from these letters

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