Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

torturelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tor-ture-like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of torture; torturous.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"In this way, loopholes exist that allow for torturelike methods to be used."

Etymology

From torture + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: torture

Inflected Forms

more torturelike (comparative) most torturelike (superlative)

Questions

What does torturelike mean?: Characteristic of torture; torturous.
Where does torturelike come from?: From torture + -like.

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