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tormentor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tormentor has 2 senses
- tormentor(n = noun.person) persecutor, tormenter - someone who torments; Array has particulars: harasser, blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer, tantaliser, tantalizer, witch-hunter
- tormentor(n = noun.artifact) teaser, tormenter - a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings; Array is a kind of flat
is a kind of oppressor
Derived forms verb torment1, verb torment2
CIDE DICTIONARY
tormentor, n.
- One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]"Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings." [1913 Webster]
- An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. Hebert. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
tormentor
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
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