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torturedness

torturedness noun: the quality of being tortured.

Noun

torturedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being tortured.
    • The noble man must be praised (and perhaps also debunked) and the rogue condemned (with appreciation, where relevant, of his charm or torturedness).1973, D. G. Dufty, Grant Stewart Harman, Keith John Swan, Historians at work: investigating and recreating the past, page 59

Origin of torturedness

From tortured + -ness.

Questions about torturedness

What does torturedness mean?
Torturedness means the quality of being tortured.
What part of speech is torturedness?
Torturedness is a noun.

Words near torturedness in the dictionary

  1. torture-tests
  2. tortured
  3. tortured phrase
  4. tortured phrases
  5. torturedly
  6. torturedness
  7. torturee
  8. torturees
  9. torturelike
  10. torturemeister
  11. torturemeisters

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