certifiable
certifiable adjective: that can or must be certified.
Adjective
certifiable (comparative more certifiable, superlative most certifiable)
- That can or must be certified.
- Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
- If any person said to you in 1950 that in seventeen years Miss Stalin would defect to the West, you would rightly have considered that person certifiable. She has now done it, with impressive smoothness and conviction.2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 311
Noun
certifiable (plural certifiables)
- A crazy person.
- Forget the certifiables who are scrawling Hitler mustaches on pictures of the president.2009 August 22, Bob Herbert, “Voices of Anxiety”, in New York Times
certifiable meaning in Tamil
certifiable in Tamil
- சான்று வழங்கத்தக்க
Synonyms of certifiable
Forms of certifiable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more certifiable |
| superlative | most certifiable |
| Noun | |
| plural | certifiables |
Origin of certifiable
From certify + -able.
Words formed from certifiable
Questions about certifiable
- What does certifiable mean?
- Certifiable means that can or must be certified.
- What is certifiable in Tamil?
- Certifiable in Tamil is சான்று வழங்கத்தக்க. See Certifiable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is certifiable?
- Certifiable can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near certifiable in the dictionary
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