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adjective. The definition of tyrannical is cruel and unjust power or control. An evil dictator is an example of a leader that would be described as tyrannical.
A tyrannical ruler wields absolute power and authority, and often wields that power unjustly, cruelly, or oppressively. First used in the 1530s, the adjective tyrannical stems from the late-14th-century word tyranny, meaning cruel or unjust use of power, which has origins in the Greek work tyrannos, meaning master..