- Tormenter
- Tormenter Tor*ment"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.
[1913 Webster]
2. An executioner. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Tormenter
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tormenter — Tormenter, Torquere, Cruciatu accipere, Angere, Vexare, Conuexare, Diuexare, Exercere, Cruciare, Affligere. Fort tormenter, Excruciare, Percruciare, Perexcruciare, Afflictare. Griefvement tormenter, harceler, tempester, Vexare. Tormenter et… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
tormenter — noun see tormentor … New Collegiate Dictionary
tormenter — verb to torture … Wiktionary
tormenter — n. one who torments, torturer, persecutor … English contemporary dictionary
tormenter — tor·ment·er … English syllables
tormenter — noun 1. someone who torments • Syn: ↑tormentor, ↑persecutor • Derivationally related forms: ↑persecute (for: ↑persecutor), ↑torment, ↑torment ( … Useful english dictionary
tormentor — noun 1. someone who torments (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑tormenter, ↑persecutor • Derivationally related forms: ↑persecute (for: ↑persecutor), ↑torment ( … Useful english dictionary
tourmenter — [ turmɑ̃te ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1380; tormenter 1120; de tourment I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx Supplicier, torturer. 2 ♦ Vieilli ou littér. Affliger de souffrances physiques ou morales; faire vivre dans l angoisse, être un objet de vives préoccupations… … Encyclopédie Universelle
tormentor — or tormenter [tôr ment′ər, tôr′ment΄ər] n. [ME tormentour < OFr tormenteor] 1. a person or thing that torments 2. [because it can obstruct the view of those sitting at the sides] Theater a flat or curtain that projects out onto either side of… … English World dictionary
persecutor — noun someone who torments • Syn: ↑tormentor, ↑tormenter • Derivationally related forms: ↑persecute, ↑torment (for: ↑tormenter), ↑torment ( … Useful english dictionary
