Despot

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–noun 

1. a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat. 

2. any tyrant or oppressor. 

3. History/Historical. an honorary title applied to a Byzantine (拜占庭式) emperor, afterward to members of his family, and later to Byzantine vassal (諸侯) rulers and governors.  





　

For centuries, an ancient truce has kept the naïve citizens of the human race safe from the horrors of the invisible realm — but that's all about to change, and fast. A ruthless leader has emerged in the invisible realm, a tyrant just as comfortable walking the surface realm as he is living in the land of fantasy. When this power-mad ruler defies his bloodline to assemble an unstoppable army of fantastical creatures that he will use to [wage] a supernatural war on [humanity], 



it begins to [appear] that 

humankind's days are [numbered]. 



But Hellboy (Perlman) isn't about to stand idly [by] 



as the planet is [purged] by a demonic despot, 



and with a little help from his team at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, he may just be able to send our otherworldly overlords (封建君主) packing. Of course, Hellboy's pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz (Selma Blair), is always willing to conjure up an inferno or two when things get desperate, aquatic Abe (Doug Jones) is prepared to dive headlong into any battle, and proto plasmic (原生質) mystic Johann (voice of Thomas Kretschmann) proves an invaluable companion in times of inter-dimensional conflict. 





shabby 

stubby sappy serum plasma

Dingy



extol

to extol the [beauty] of Naples.

films extolled from the [likes] of Tom Hanks, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, to name just a few. cf. droll

paean 

is [at] some level

a [paean] of [praise] [to] the fortitude and moral courage that 

[paeon] a prosodic foot in verse - ---

[peon] social have-nots

Threnody



droll (amusing in an odd way, sly or waggish)

euphoric 

despondent  

hedonistic cf. sardonic

Tony