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Significats de tyrannical en anglès

Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.

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Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.

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Examples for "oppressive"
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Within a year they became an oppressive regime, trampling on their promises.
Reuters
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Far from the oppressive elements of Rome-free to seek his pleasures.
Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
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And some of those bylaws in those days were actually quite oppressive.
Radio NZ
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The solitude in the glare of the broad August sun was oppressive.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06
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Here in the mouth of the gorge the silence was almost oppressive.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
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Paul Faber was absolutely tyrannous in his notions as to feminine purity.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
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The same tyrannous demand hounded Mr. Eugene Field along his joke-strewn path.
Americans and Others
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For this love of ours has proven a tyrannous and evil lord.
Chivalry: Dizain des Reines
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So quickly does habit become tyrannous, especially when it involves a pleasure.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
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Henry never lacked a plausible theory to justify his most tyrannous actions.
England under the Tudors

Autocracy.

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Ús de tyrannical en anglès
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The Government placed itself firmly between the tyrannical tribunal and the people.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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He described Rome in a frequent Jewish shorthand for tyrannical power, 'Babylon'.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
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The grounds of the verdict bear the impress of a tyrannical hypocrisy.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
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Fashion is change and obsolescence imposed on a pattern of tyrannical conformity.
The Red Queen
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Also, allegedly, Murphy has a managerial style that's just short of tyrannical.
Reuters
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She was poor and dependent on the judgment of a tyrannical kinsman.
The Goose Man
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Then the cruel, tyrannical baton struck the wood a second time, and--
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 03
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Kim Jong-Un took over from his tyrannical father Kim Jong-Il in 2011.
News.com.au
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And whenever she gained the ascendency by her charms, she was tyrannical.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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His conduct to his patient I believed to be tyrannical and unkind.
Winter Evening Tales
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He is cruel and tyrannical- amasterI have no desire to serve.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
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It was not inflicted by a tyrannical dictator on an unwilling country.
Hitler 1936 - 1945: Nemesis
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He was jealous and tyrannical, and I always had a quick temper.
Harvest
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A blustering and tyrannical guardian would have been comparatively easy to fight.
Delia Blanchflower
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As a doctor, he belongs to the most tyrannical trades-union in existence.
The Legacy of Cain
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It doesn't excuse his tyrannical behavior, but you do empathize with him.
Reuters
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