Synonyms of torturer

torturer

noun

as in tease

a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another

a sadistic torturer of men he regarded as weak, the drillmaster really had it in for one recruit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tease
• tormentor
• harasser
• persecutor
• victimizer
• attacker
• mocker
• needler
• heckler
• accuser
• taunter
• teaser
• baiter
• assailant
• quizzer
• ridiculer
• insulter
• quiz
• detractor
• scorner
• scoffer
• wise guy
• smart aleck
• satirist
• troublemaker
• pest
• wiseacre
• molester
• disturber
• kidder
• derider
• blamer
• giber
• jeerer
• smarty
• belittler
• trash-talker
• smarty-pants
• lampooner
• bother

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defender
• rescuer
• protector
• guard
• savior
• deliverer
• comforter
• solace
• champion
• bodyguard
• soother
• succorer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of torturer

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

Incredibly, one of Schiller's torturers, Jorge Delgado - the Sun Gym member who had first told Lugo about Schiller and his millions - ended up helping the federal government make their case. — Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026

His torturers shattered his hands and paraded him around the stadium, taunting him to try to play his guitar. — Christina Hioureas, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026

Others refuse to lower themselves to the level of their torturers. — Karl Vick, Time, 13 Mar. 2026

In an early scene, an auto mechanic named Vahid recognizes his former torturer by the distinctive squeak of his prosthetic leg. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026

The film, which looks at a former political prisoner who considers violent revenge against his prison torturer, was co-written by Panahi, Mahmoudian, Nader Saeiver and Shadhmer Rastin. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026

In addition, my torturers repeatedly provided pieces of information that could prove helpful in identifying them as part of investigations by the FBI and other agencies. — Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026