tormentor

or tor·ment·er

[ tawr-men-ter, tawr-men- ]

/ tɔrˈmɛn tər, ˈtɔr mɛn- /

noun

a person or thing that torments.

Theater. a curtain or framed structure behind the proscenium at both sides of the stage, for screening the wings from the audience. Compare teaser(def 2).

Origin of tormentor

1250–1300; Middle English tormento(u)r < Anglo-French; Old French tormenteor. See torment, -or²

Words nearby tormentor

tories, torii, torino, torment, tormentil, tormentor, tormé, torn, torn between, be, tornado, tornado belt

Example sentences from the Web for tormentors

Last year, buoyed by his 2012 reelection, Obama dismissed the notion of schmoozing with his Republican tormentors on Capitol Hill.

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She was suspended from school after hitting one of her tormentors.

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The authorities quickly involved themselves, tracking down his tormentors.

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He was whisked away from the scene of the attack, but his tormentors assaulted him again in the local hospital.

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One of Alfred's tormentors lay upon the floor, his face and vest literally covered with salad and other cold lunch.

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They must first be made to feel the impossibility of escape; to entertain their tormentors with their distress and horror.

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All the while William Philander and old Filbury were yelling wildly for their tormentors to stop.

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They sacrificed, and prayed, and besought the Great Spirit to free them from their tormentors, but all was without avail.

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Dan glared at his tormentors, his eyes kindled with a fierce blue glitter.

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British Dictionary definitions for tormentors

tormentor

tormenter

/ (tɔːˈmɛntə) /

noun

a person or thing that torments

a curtain or movable piece of stage scenery at either side of the proscenium arch, used to mask lights or exits and entrances

films a panel of sound-insulating material placed outside the field of the camera to control the acoustics on the sound stage

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