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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.
During the seventh and sixth centuries BC, tyranny was often looked upon as an intermediate stage between narrow oligarchy and more democratic forms of polity. However, in the late fifth and fourth centuries BC, a new kind of tyrant, the military dictator, arose, specifically in Sicily.