torturedness

English

Etymology

tortured +‎ -ness

Noun

torturedness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being tortured.
   • 1973, D. G. Dufty, Grant Stewart Harman, Keith John Swan, Historians at work: investigating and recreating the past, page 59:

     The noble man must be praised (and perhaps also debunked) and the rogue condemned (with appreciation, where relevant, of his charm or torturedness).