Origin: Latin suffix -al
Tyrannical has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
"the oppressive government"
"oppressive laws"
"a tyrannical parent"
"tyrannous disregard of human rights"
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"
Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.