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tormentor

noun

variants: also tormenter

Synonyms and Antonyms of tormentor

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

Synonyms of tormentor

baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quiz, quizzer, ridiculer, taunter, tease, teaser, torturer

Words Related to tormentor

belittler, derider, detractor, giber (or jiber), insulter, jeerer, scoffer, scorner

smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseguy

kidder, lampooner, satirist

accuser, blamer, troublemaker

assailant, attacker, molester, victimizer

bother, disturber, pest

Near Antonyms of tormentor

defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour)

comforter, solace, soother, succorer

bodyguard, champion

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