tyrannic /tɪˈɹæ.nɪk/ adjective1 •(old-fashioned) Tyrannical.The meek intelligence of those dear eyes / (Blest be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here shines on me still the same. — 1790 formsmore tyrannic · most tyrannic