the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as tyrannical.
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adj. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
Word Usage
"This whole situation shows exactly how much respect Obama has for law and freedom, and where his priorities areof helping liberals regardless of their corruption or tyrannic impulses."