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English

Noun

Someone who torments

Translations

German: Peiniger (1)

fa:tormentor fi:tormentor te:tormentor vi:tormentor

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tormentor \Tor*ment"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal
anguish or tortures. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]

Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings.
--Milton.
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2. (Agric.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil,
resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. --Hebert.
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WordNet tormentor
n 1: someone who torments [syn: tormenter, persecutor]
2: a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience
from seeing into the wings [syn: tormenter, teaser]

Moby Dictionary
act drop , annoyer , asbestos , asbestos board , backdrop , badgerer ,
batten , border , bully , cloth , coulisse , counterweight , curtain ,
curtain board , cyclorama , decor , drop , drop curtain , fire curtain ,
flat , flipper , hanging , harasser , harrier , heckler , nag , nudnik ,
nudzh , persecutor , pest , pesterer , plaguer , rag , sadist , scene ,
scenery , screen , side scene , stage screw , tab , tableau , tease ,
teaser , torment , transformation , transformation scene , wing ,
wingcut , woodcut