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tornadoesque

tornadoesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of a tornado, or the damage and debris resulting from one.

Adjective

tornadoesque (comparative more tornadoesque, superlative most tornadoesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tornado, or the damage and debris resulting from one.
    • Claire was unprepared for Tino's panicked separation from his parents, which had resulted in tornadoesque destruction of the front office.2018, Ben Springer, Happy Kids Don′t Punch You in the Face
    • It takes me several minutes to find my handbag in the tornadoesque mess that's my new home.2018, Alana Terry, Orchard Grove Christian Women's Fiction Box Set (Books 1-3)

Forms of tornadoesque

comparativemore tornadoesque
superlativemost tornadoesque

Origin of tornadoesque

From tornado + -esque.

Questions about tornadoesque

What does tornadoesque mean?
Tornadoesque means resembling or characteristic of a tornado, or the damage and debris resulting from one.
What part of speech is tornadoesque?
Tornadoesque is an adjective.

Words near tornadoesque in the dictionary

  1. tornadocane
  2. tornadocanes
  3. tornadoe
  4. tornadoed
  5. tornadoes
  6. tornadoesque
  7. tornadogeneses
  8. tornadogenesis
  9. tornadoing
  10. tornadolike
  11. tornadoproof

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