tyrannical

Etymology

adj

  1. (not comparable) Of, or relating to tyranny or a tyrant.
  2. (comparable) Despotic, oppressive, or authoritarian.
    a tyrannical regime
    tyrannical rulers
    She met more than a quarter of all the American presidents who have ever lived, five popes, hundreds of national leaders, from the saintly, such as Nelson Mandela, to the tyrannical, including Robert Mugabe and Nicolae Ceausescu[…] September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

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