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tyrannical
adjective as in despotic, oppressive
Example Sentences
However, he became disillusioned when his friend became more and more tyrannical, and after a misunderstanding shoots and kills the Hatter.
But Pip rebukes Walker for “changing the temperature” of every room by “tyrannical, psychosocial … fiat.”
Dame Anna's tenure as editor-in-chief of US Vogue is widely rumoured to have inspired the character of Miranda Priestly in the Devil Wears Prada, a fictional portrayal of a tyrannical and revered fashion taste-maker.
Freed from the tyrannical control that his father Murry had exerted over The Beach Boys’ direction as their manager, Wilson made a self-conscious stab at greatness.
“And I feel sorry for all these law enforcement people, because many of them, they’re in a position where they’re being put between the Constitution and a tyrannical president.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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