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torchiest

torchiest is the superlative form of torchy.

Meaning of torchy

Adjective

torchy (comparative torchier, superlative torchiest)

  1. Having the character of a torch song.
    • […] the lovelorn Sally sings a torchy blues (the poignant "Losing My Mind"), hypocritical Ben masquerades as a carefree song-and-dance man in the bubbly, Gershwin-esque "Live, Laugh, Love," and so on.1988 October 21, Albert Williams, “Follies; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof”, in Chicago Reader

Questions about torchiest

What is torchiest the superlative form of?
Torchiest is the superlative form of torchy.

Words near torchiest in the dictionary

  1. Torchias
  2. torchier
  3. torchiere
  4. torchieres
  5. torchiers
  6. torchiest
  7. torching
  8. torching down
  9. torching up
  10. torchings
  11. torchière

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Adapted from Wiktionary: torchiest (page history and authors); torchy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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