1. tyrannical - Adjective
2. tyrannical - Adjective Satellite
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. Stephen Spender
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised. John C. Calhoun
Justice without strength is powerless strength without justice is tyrannical. Blaise Pascal
To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson
I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for a summer job or suffered under the despotic rule of a tyrannical chef or boobish owner. Anthony Bourdain
The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma. Louis de Broglie