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What is the adjective for tyran?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs tyrannize, tyrant and tyrannise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

tyrannical
  1. (not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
  2. (comparable) Despotic, oppressive or authoritarian.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dictatorial, despotic, autocratic, authoritarian, imperious, domineering, oppressive, overbearing, harsh, tyrannous, peremptory, absolute, severe, bossy, arbitrary, cruel, strict, autocratical, totalitarian, authoritative, repressive, undemocratic, ruthless, brutal, monocratic, tough, masterful, overweening, magisterial, inhuman, dominating, coercive, czarist, illiberal, tsarist, mean, unjust, fascistic, unreasonable, bullying, ironhanded, demanding, Neronian, high-handed, anti-democratic, heavy-handed, iron-fisted, iron-handed, tyrannic, draconian … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He was forced to flee to Athens when the revolt was crushed and was prosecuted for having held tyrannical power in Chersonesus.”
      “Human beings are free spirits and tyrannical leaders don't tend to last long.”
      “It is hard to imagine that a person could support such a tyrannical regime.”
tyrant
  1. (uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
tyrannicidal
  1. Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
  2. Examples:
      3. “This explains why Philip III welcomed the tyrannicidal De. rege as an advice book that represented his own virtue as a ruler.”
      “I must have bit my lips not to reply that I suddenly felt a strong tyrannicidal urge.”
tyrannous
  1. Tyrannical, despotic or oppressive.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dictatorial, autocratic, tyrannical, despotic, authoritarian, domineering, imperious, absolute, overbearing, bossy, peremptory, arbitrary, autocratical, tyrannic, authoritative, monocratic, masterful, autarchic, totalitarian, czarist, tsarist, absolutist, autarchical, absolutistic, oppressive, high-handed, undemocratic, draconian, repressive, magisterial, harsh, overweening, anti-democratic, severe, arrogant, strict, lordly, dogmatic, commanding, dominating, pushy, illiberal, iron-handed, coercive, officious, haughty, wilful, willful, cruel, iron-fisted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The tyrannous temper of his new consort became the torment of his life.”
      “Statute is too often knee-jerk, headline-led populism with predictably tyrannous consequences for electorally irrelevant minorities.”
      “The aftermath risks marring the coming-out celebrations of Myanmar's hugely welcome rejection of tyrannous isolation.”
tyrannick
  1. Obsolete form of tyrannic.
tyrannic
  1. (dated) Tyrannical.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dictatorial, tyrannical, autocratic, despotic, imperious, authoritative, absolute, magisterial, harsh, dogmatic, severe, totalitarian, strict, rigid, doctrinaire, unyielding, disciplinarian, tyrannous, authoritarian, autocratical, domineering, overbearing, bossy, peremptory, arbitrary, masterful, oppressive, high-handed, autarchic, overweening, arrogant, monocratic, draconian, repressive, lordly, czarist, tsarist, commanding, pushy, undemocratic, anti-democratic, officious, dominating, haughty, wilful, willful, autarchical, high and mighty, imperative, imperial … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She replied to his tyrannic voice with one as hard and stabbing as a gimlet.”
      “That he was pious after a fashion is most likely, but that he also practised the tyrannic cruelties of his age is undoubted.”
      “Least of all would I fix the transitory spirit of civil fury by perpetuating and methodizing it in tyrannic government.”
tyrannish
  1. (obsolete) Tyrannical.
tyrannized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tyrannize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. oppressed, domineered, browbeat, browbeaten, bullied, dominated, intimidated, persecuted, subjugated, coerced, tormented, terrorised, terrorized, suppressed, victimised, victimized, repressed, dictated, crushed, enslaved, trampled, pushed around, rode roughshod over, ridden roughshod over, ordered about, ordered around, kept down, dictated to, held down, lorded it over, domineered over, treated harshly, ground down, trampled underfoot, ruled with an iron hand, ruled despotically, ruled with a rod of iron, treated brutally, brought someone to their knees, had someone under your thumb, kept under thumb, put down, maltreated, abused, threatened, mistreated, menaced, bulldozed, subdued, bossed around … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Tyranny is argued by Arendt to be based largely upon the fear which the tyrannized populace has for the tyrant and his henchmen.”
tyrannizing
  1. present participle of tyrannize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. oppressing, domineering, browbeating, bullying, dominating, intimidating, persecuting, subjugating, coercing, tormenting, terrorising, terrorizing, suppressing, victimising, victimizing, repressing, dictating, crushing, enslaving, trampling, pushing around, riding roughshod over, ordering about, ordering around, keeping down, dictating to, holding down, lording it over, domineering over, treating harshly, grinding down, trampling underfoot, ruling with an iron hand, ruling despotically, ruling with a rod of iron, treating brutally, bringing someone to their knees, having someone under your thumb, keeping under thumb, maltreating, abusing, harassing, threatening, mistreating, menacing, bulldozing, subduing, bossing around, bossing about, overwhelming … more
tyrannised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tyrannise
tyrannising
  1. present participle of tyrannise
  2. Synonyms:
      3. browbeating, bullying, enslaving, intimidating, oppressing, subjugating, dictating to, victimising, victimizing, coercing, crushing, dominating, ordering about, ordering around, persecuting, repressing, suppressing, terrorising, terrorizing, tormenting, dictating, domineering, domineering over, trampling, grinding down, holding down, keeping down, lording it over, riding roughshod over, ruling despotically, trampling underfoot, pushing around, treating brutally, treating harshly, ruling with an iron hand, ruling with a rod of iron, bringing someone to their knees, having someone under your thumb, bossing about, bossing around, giving orders to, bossing, bulldozing, swaggering, pressurizing, pushing about, pressurising, walking all over, calling the shots, pulling rank on … more
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