tormentable

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adjective

Capable of being tormented.

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Meanings

adjectivetormentable (comparative more tormentable, superlative most 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

Origin

From torment + -able.

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APA

tormentable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormentable

MLA

“tormentable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormentable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tormentable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tormentable.

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