TORMENTORS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

tormentors

noun

variants also tormenters

plural of tormentor

as in torturers

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 tormentors The attacks lead to the fateful events of prom night — a famous moment from King’s original— in which Carrie, who’s become aware of growing telekinetic powers, turns her abilities on her tormenters when she’s finally pushed over the edge. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026 That their tormentors were not untouchable. — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026 If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026 And her tormentors are all abruptly, painfully departing the scene or, at the very least, becoming ensnared in one humiliation after another. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 The mind could wander briefly about the Giants riding a two-game winning streak into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Eagles, equipped to knock off their tormentors who suddenly look vulnerable. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025 There appears to be no limit to his sensitivity or his determination to humble his tormentors. — 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 Jeni Jones said the fire emotionally scarred her daughter, who had to attend the same school as her tormenters. — Robert Anglen, AZCentral.com, 1 July 2025

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Noun

Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Definition of torturers

Noun

This extensive experience in planning may also turn Fiore into a groomzilla, Pasquarosa teases.

— Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
In both cases, the assumption is the same—that theatergoers aren’t there for traditional superhero derring-do, only a cavalcade of Easter eggs and teases for upcoming installments to keep the Marvel gravy train running at full steam.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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Shakespeare humanizes the Elizabethan stage stereotype of the villainous Jew by giving Shylock ample reason for wanting to get back at his Christian persecutors.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.

— Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025

Definition of persecutors

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In the second incident, the attackers carried out a few more strikes to sink the Don Maca before leaving the scene with the survivors, Cervantes Macías said.

— Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

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