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tormentable

tormentable adjective: capable of being tormented.

Adjective

tormentable (comparative more tormentable, superlative most tormentable)

  1. Capable of being tormented.
    • My best subject was the nature table, because I brought in the shiversome newts with their uterine flanged backs. I was moderately bullied. There were kids more noticeably tormentable than me.2016, A. A. Gill, Pour Me a Life

Forms of tormentable

comparativemore tormentable
superlativemost tormentable

Origin of tormentable

From torment + -able.

Questions about tormentable

What does tormentable mean?
Tormentable means capable of being tormented.
What part of speech is tormentable?
Tormentable is an adjective.

Words near tormentable in the dictionary

  1. tormas
  2. tormen
  3. torment
  4. Torment Nexus
  5. tormenta
  6. tormentable
  7. tormentative
  8. tormented
  9. tormentedly
  10. tormenter
  11. tormenters

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