tyrannical

Adj.	1.	tyrannical - of or relating to or associated with or resembling a dictatorship; "tyrannical suppression of liberty" tyrannic
	2.	tyrannical - marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" tyrannous, oppressive domineering - tending to domineer
	3.	tyrannical - characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" authoritarian, despotic, dictatorial, autocratic undemocratic - not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals; "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures"

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