Despotic

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
 * This despotic age of the empire ended in a revolt.
 * 1) Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
 * The despotic king dissolved the parliament, and took personal control of the country.

Adverbs for Despotic
relentlessly; ruthlessly; overbearingly; overwhelmingly; intolerably; imperiously; presumptuously; harshly; severely; oppressively; cruelly; obdurately; haughtily; insufferably; unreasonably; terribly; fearfully; dreadfully; incredibly;   unwarrantably; dangerously; foolishly; barbarously; heartlessly; recklessly; outrageously; monstrously; viciously; benignly.

Synonyms for Despotic

 * domineering, tyrannical
 * arbitrary, autocratic, arrogant, absolute, cruel.

Antonyms for Despotic
limited, constitutional.

Related terms

 * despot
 * despotate
 * despotical
 * despotically
 * despotism
 * despotist
 * despotize

Thesaurus
absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, autonomous, bossy, bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, dictatorial, domineering, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, feudal, governmental, grinding, gubernatorial, heteronomous, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, peremptory, pluralistic, political, repressive, republican, self-governing, severe, strict, suppressive, theocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous

Etymology
From δεσποτικός: via  despotique:.

Translations
(of or pertaining to a despot)


 * Amharic: አምባገነን (ambagenen)
 * Bulgarian:
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 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
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 * Romanian: despotic
 * Russian:
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 * Spanish:

(acting or ruling as a despot)


 * Amharic: አምባገነናዊ (ambagenenawi)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,


 * German:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: