Tormentor
noun
A person who intentionally causes a lot of pain or distress to someone else.
The older boys acted as tormentors to the younger children in the schoolyard.
Often appears as...
- childhood tormentor
- mental tormentor
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Disapproving
noun
A device used in theater to mask the side of the stage from the audience’s view.
The stagehand accidentally knocked over the tormentor, revealing the backstage activities.
Often appears as...
- stage tormentor
- wide tormentor
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Technical
noun
In typography, a tormentor is a short, often decorative line.
The design featured a tormentor that framed the text beautifully.
Often appears as...
- decorative tormentor
- simple tormentor
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Technical
noun
A person who intentionally causes a lot of pain or distress to someone else.
The older boys acted as tormentors to the younger children in the schoolyard.
Often appears as...
- childhood tormentor
- mental tormentor
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A device used in theater to mask the side of the stage from the audience’s view.
The stagehand accidentally knocked over the tormentor, revealing the backstage activities.
Often appears as...
- stage tormentor
- wide tormentor
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In typography, a tormentor is a short, often decorative line.
The design featured a tormentor that framed the text beautifully.
Often appears as...
- decorative tormentor
- simple tormentor
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used negatively to describe cruel people who enjoy causing suffering.
He was the school's tormentor, always picking on the vulnerable students.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Evokes feelings of fear or distress; not used for minor annoyances.
Their cruel words remained with her for years, a constant presence of her tormentors.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Use
Often appears in literature to describe villains or antagonistic characters.
In the novel, the tormentor's shadow loomed over the hero's every move.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used negatively to describe cruel people who enjoy causing suffering.
He was the school's tormentor, always picking on the vulnerable students.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Evokes feelings of fear or distress; not used for minor annoyances.
Their cruel words remained with her for years, a constant presence of her tormentors.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Use
Often appears in literature to describe villains or antagonistic characters.
In the novel, the tormentor's shadow loomed over the hero's every move.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used negatively to describe cruel people who enjoy causing suffering.
He was the school's tormentor, always picking on the vulnerable students.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Impact
Evokes feelings of fear or distress; not used for minor annoyances.
Their cruel words remained with her for years, a constant presence of her tormentors.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Use
Often appears in literature to describe villains or antagonistic characters.
In the novel, the tormentor's shadow loomed over the hero's every move.
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How theater weathers...
to our parents, to our children, to our teachers, to our tormentors, to our lovers, to our friends. What we do when we engage with theater is we experience in real time, in real space, those relationships and connections changing in the present -- the relationships between characters onstage, yes,
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Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
so I think everything is in pretty good shape at the moment for well pretty good shape for an easy winter for most of the animals so that in summary Solanum Bocelli i or solanum tormentors and synonymous with each other those two and magnificent example of the deadly
Video examples
How theater weathers...
to our parents, to our children, to our teachers, to our tormentors, to our lovers, to our friends. What we do when we engage with theater is we experience in real time, in real space, those relationships and connections changing in the present -- the relationships between characters onstage, yes,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
so I think everything is in pretty good shape at the moment for well pretty good shape for an easy winter for most of the animals so that in summary Solanum Bocelli i or solanum tormentors and synonymous with each other those two and magnificent example of the deadly
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Quote examples
Elie Wiesel
American Novelist
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Quote examples
Elie Wiesel
American Novelist
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Example 1 of 1
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