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# tyrannical

adjective

«tyrannical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Tyrannical means cruel and unfair, using power over others in a harsh way, as a tyrant does. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannical/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a ruler who is cruel and bullies his people; in the lessons, a bad king or leader who will not listen

### Examples

- The tyrannical king taxed the poor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannical/#x1)
- He was neither cruel nor tyrannical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannical/#x2)
- A good king is never tyrannical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannical/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tyrannical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tyrannical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tyrannical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tyrannical.html) on Mova free.