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 Translation for 'tyrannical' from English to Hungarian
ADJ   tyrannical | more tyrannical | most tyrannical
SYNO authoritarian | autocratic | despotic | ...
zsarnok {adj}tyrannical
zsarnoki {adj}tyrannical
zsarnoki természet {noun}tyrannical nature
zsarnoki hatalom {noun}tyrannical / tyrannous rule
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Usage Examples English
  • The Reverend James Boyer (1736–1814) was the tyrannical headmaster of Christ's Hospital from the years 1778 to 1799.
  • Special Note: Bouillabaisse is likely based on French conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte, what with his short stature and tyrannical nature.
  • The plot revolves around a madcap inventor who constructs a mechanical gunfighter to fight against a tyrannical crime lord.
  • A sequence of two novels, starting with the first interstellar flight made by humans escaping a tyrannical civilization on Earth.
  • Beccaria cited Montesquieu, who stated that "every punishment which does not arise from absolute necessity is tyrannical".

  • Salazar and Almíndez soon ousted Zuazo, and began a tyrannical and criminal government.
  • In modern times, the term is also applied to earthly tyrannical power, as implied in surah An-Nisa verse 60.
  • In terms of the Christian tradition, the KD maintain, a tyrannical government has no moral right to govern, "and the people acquire the right to resist".
  • In William Tenn's short story "Brooklyn Project" (1948), a tyrannical US Government brushes aside the warnings of scientists about the dangers of time travel and goes on with a planned experiment - with the result that minor changes to the prehistoric past cause Humanity to never have existed, its place taken by tentacled underwater intelligent creatures - who also have a tyrannical government which also insists on experimenting with time-travel.
  • Chingichngish (also spelled "Chengiichngech", a tyrannical ruler of the first beings, who was poisoned by his sons.

  • An older version of Lady Quark becomes one-half of the tyrannical ruler of L.E.G.I.O.N.
  • He is considered by many as "Nicaragua's most tyrannical leader", and is viewed in that light.
  • Human diplomats stationed on the planet Rejoicing teach the porcupine-like natives to revolt against their tyrannical emperor.
  • The term now implies tyrannical rule. Despotism can refer to any absolutist or dictatorial regime or leader that uses their power in a cruel manner.
  • The death of Msiri ended a rule that had become tyrannical, but also destroyed political stability.

  • The terms "maharajalela" (in Malay language), and "merajalela" (in Indonesian language), to describe tyrannical rule, stem from his name.
  • "Sic semper tyrannis" is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants". In contemporary parlance, it means tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown.
  • In the 14th-century French epic poem [...] , a tyrannical lord claims the [...] unless he receives part of the bride's dowry.
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