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tormenter

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: tormenter

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n
someone who torments
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n
a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: tormenter
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n someone who torments

Synonyms:
persecutor, tormentor
Types:
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harasser
a persistent tormentor
blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer
a persistently annoying person
tantaliser, tantalizer
someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
witch-hunter
someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions
nudnick, nudnik
(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
Type of:
oppressor
a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
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n a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings

Synonyms:
teaser, tormentor
Type of:
flat
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
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