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tyrannical

adjective

of or relating to or associated with or resembling a dictatorship; "tyrannical suppression of liberty"
Synonyms: tyrannic
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
Synonyms: oppressive, tyrannous Similar: domineering
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial Similar: undemocratic