tormentor
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7.9
- noun
- /tɔrˈmɛntər/
- NSFW
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atormentador
- The boy was haunted by memories of his tormentor from school who bullied him daily.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
- Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
- The torture situation is an external conflict, a contest between the subject and his tormentor.
- It's to figure out the meaning of the universe through going whaling and having a confrontation with his tormentor, this whale, Moby Dick.
- Obviously by that point, the Kanye West thing had happened and she turned on the media and she viewed the media as her tormentors.
Examples
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Gary had his tormentors, boys who would pull his pants off and run them up the flagpole.
Fiction book (1999) -
The man turned his head to see his tormentor, then gasped.
Fiction book (1995) -
And when that tormentor is a con man, well, what do you do?
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When I told Father about my tormentor, he was silent.
Fiction book (1996) -
All of your tormentors will be there.
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Except for a small boy, who managed to evade his tormentor.
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After so many years of waiting, they are eager for their tormentors to face justice.
Academic text (2007) -
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Anyway, I didn't have to suffer at the hands of my Indonesian tormentors for long.
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The hushed voice and odd phrasing brought her gaze to her tormentor's face.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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5.3
A person who treats someone cruelly or violently, often over time
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7.5
A person who has power and treats people cruelly or unfairly
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7.7
A person who causes very bad physical pain to punish or make someone talk
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6.3
A person who repeatedly bothers, threatens, or scares others
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7.9
A person who treats others cruelly because of their race, religion, or beliefs over a long time
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8.3
A person who harms or tricks another person to control them
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7.4
A person who causes pain or distress to someone on purpose
A person who hurts people or animals on purpose
Someone or something that causes harm to others
A person who keeps criticizing someone very harshly, often in public
Antonyms
How Cruel
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tormentor comes from the old word torment, which comes from the Latin torquere meaning 'to twist'. Imagine a painful twist: a tormentor is someone who causes pain or suffering, which explains the modern meaning.