tentacular

adjective

ten·​tac·​u·​lar ten-ˈta-kyə-lər 

1

: of, relating to, or resembling tentacles

2

: equipped with tentacles

Examples of tentacular in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjani won Best Actress at Cannes that year for an unhinged performance that encompasses two roles: Anna, a dissatisfied housewife seeking affections elsewhere and possibly from a tentacular creature, and Helen, the schoolteacher of their son Bob, who takes Anna’s place. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 June 2024

Ghosh’s tentacular history also embraces opium’s entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars. —Delia Falconer, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024

Thanks to Lou, Sr.,’s horrific example, Lou knows what to do, but her father, ever tentacular, gets wind of what’s going on. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024

The image makes for a neat — perhaps too neat — metaphor for the tentacular reach of memories passed down the maternal line. —Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 4 July 2023

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin tentāculāris, from tentāculum tentacle + Latin -āris -ar

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1