torturelike
torturelike adjective: characteristic of torture; torturous.
Adjective
torturelike (comparative more torturelike, superlative most torturelike)
- Characteristic of torture; torturous.
- Her Grace […] sent out after them 300 armed Men, with orders not to return without their Bodies, dead or alive; intending that if they should be brought to her in the latter condition to have them put to Death in some torturelike manner, after a few years Confinement.1789, Jane Austen, “Henry and Eliza”, in Juvenilia
- Every one of these features is true of normal shipboard life, in which the absolute tyranny of the captain, the tradition of beatings and torturelike punishments, as well as the separation of men from their families is the norm.1991, Philip Fisher, The New American Studies, page 98
Forms of torturelike
| comparative | more torturelike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most torturelike |
Origin of torturelike
From torture + -like.
Questions about torturelike
- What does torturelike mean?
- Torturelike means characteristic of torture; torturous.
- What part of speech is torturelike?
- Torturelike is an adjective.
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