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also tormenter
as in harasser
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had written a book about the dangers of bullying
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Recent Examples of tormentor
His tormentors shall live solely to suffer at his hands.
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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Trump has sought to go after his tormentors and has support within his party for doing so.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 28 Dec. 2024
Can't imagine putting my kid in that position for hours and hours at a time with a tormentor for two weeks.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
But Hasina’s ouster both expunged his legal travails and presented a late career change as his tormentor’s successor.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Trump has sought to go after his tormentors and has support within his party for doing so.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 28 Dec. 2024
Can't imagine putting my kid in that position for hours and hours at a time with a tormentor for two weeks.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
But Hasina’s ouster both expunged his legal travails and presented a late career change as his tormentor’s successor.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for tormentor
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“Tormentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormentor. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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