Thesaurus / tyrannical
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
It is no accident that the initial discussions about overthrowing Michigan’s so-called tyrannical governor started at a Second Amendment rally in June.
"Working men have been hit very hard by the tyrannical Budget," announces a morning paper.
These Fincastle Resolutions also included strong written opposition to English tyrannical power.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
Scarborough drank more beer than he had done the day before, and was more tyrannical than ever.
DIGBY HEATHCOTEW.H.G. KINGSTON
For more than five years past war had been in the land, the struggle for freedom against a blind and tyrannical government.
THE LIGHT THAT LURESPERCY BREBNER
Mean and tyrannical—those who deal with her, must be tools or enemies,—I choose the latter alternative.
ALONEMARION HARLAND
It is impossible for the worshippers of a tyrannical, partial, and cruel God to practise the duties of justice and philanthropy.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACH
He is a sort of celestial Absalom—vicious, tyrannical, rebellious; but secure of ultimate pardon and rehabilitation.
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAM
This Order has been stigmatized by New England writers as most tyrannical and oppressive.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSON
These two men were interesting, but tyrannical on one or two points—such as getting out of sight of the train, for instance.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITE
WORDS RELATED TO TYRANNICAL
- atrocious
- barbarous
- bestial
- bitter
- bloodthirsty
- brutal
- brutish
- callous
- cold-blooded
- degenerate
- demoniac
- depraved
- evil
- excruciating
- ferocious
- fierce
- flinty
- hard
- hard-hearted
- harsh
- hateful
- heartless
- hellish
- implacable
- inexorable
- inhuman
- inhumane
- malevolent
- merciless
- monstrous
- painful
- pernicious
- poignant
- rancorous
- relentless
- revengeful
- ruthless
- sadistic
- sinful
- spiteful
- tyrannical
- unfeeling
- unkind
- unnatural
- unrelenting
- vengeful
- vicious
- virulent
- wicked
- arbitrary
- arrogant
- assertive
- bigoted
- bullheaded
- categorical
- cocksure
- confident
- definite
- despotic
- determined
- dictative
- doctrinaire
- domineering
- downright
- egotistical
- emphatic
- fanatical
- fascistic
- formal
- high and mighty
- imperious
- intolerant
- magisterial
- narrow-minded
- obdurate
- obstinate
- one-sided
- overbearing
- peremptory
- pigheaded
- prejudiced
- stiff-necked
- stubborn
- tenacious
- tyrannical
- unequivocal
- wrong-headed
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