Meaning

6 senses
  1. One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.

    Peiniger, Peinigerin

    мучи́тельmučítelʹ, мучи́тельницаmučítelʹnica

    someone who torments

  2. (figuratively)Something abstract that causes suffering.

  3. One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.

  4. An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.

  5. One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.

    (archaic)A person delegated to torture prisoners.

  6. (obsolete)A long meat-fork.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Rodrigo's online tormentors engaged in cyberbullying tactics, such as mocking his English fluency.

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  2. Ziri is a tormentor.

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  3. Unconscionable Love, bane and tormentor of mankind, parent of strife, fountain of tears, source of a thousand ills.

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Translations

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Origin

From Anglo-Norman tourmentour, from Old French tormenteor.

From Anglo-Norman tourmentour, from Old French tormenteor.

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Forms

plural: tormentors
Singulartormentor
Pluraltormentors

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
person delegated to torture prisoners:torturer
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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