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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
There appears to be no limit to his sensitivity or his determination to humble his tormentors.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
But can the Yankees really stare down their tormentors and finally best Houston in a playoff format?
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Adrianna had a history with Khloe Along with the Christmas photo, police flagged Adrianna over a prior dispute with Khloe, who believed she was being framed as Owen and Lauryn's tormentor.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
The tormentor of a quarterback, whose two touchdown runs were eerily similar to those which fashioned Jeanty a household name and top 10 pick, makes the Bulls a larger blip on Florida’s radar than expected.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
But can the Yankees really stare down their tormentors and finally best Houston in a playoff format?
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Adrianna had a history with Khloe Along with the Christmas photo, police flagged Adrianna over a prior dispute with Khloe, who believed she was being framed as Owen and Lauryn's tormentor.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
The tormentor of a quarterback, whose two touchdown runs were eerily similar to those which fashioned Jeanty a household name and top 10 pick, makes the Bulls a larger blip on Florida’s radar than expected.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormentor
Noun
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The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It might have been produced, and not merely set, in a torturer’s basement.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Simply the possibility of taking some kind of revenge on the man who may or may not have been their torturer suddenly becomes an existential fact each person must confront in his or her own way.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The label on this one is like a tease.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Kansas fallout is a zoomed-out picture, illustrating a program that has made significant strides since a winless 2020 season but hasn’t advanced past the tease of something more.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Oct. 2025
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Reducing your digital footprint limits the amount of information that phishing attackers can use to make fake emails look convincing.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Yamal is an impact attacker at just 18 years old, and Pedri is a top midfielder at 22.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The grounds once housed the elaborate palace of first century Roman Emperor Domitian, a persecutor of Christians.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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That is a nasty process which involves digging up Ambar’s still-fresh corpse, then subjecting it to various grisly indignities night after night as retribution gets visited upon our heroine’s persecutors.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Even if online shaming continues, this accountability will make sure that the victimizer will face social consequences as well.—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
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That assailant, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper, after firing several shots and hitting three members of the audience, and killing one.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Koehler also didn’t match the description of the assailant, Shear said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Tormentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormentor. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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