afflicter
One who torments
One who afflicts—causes pain, suffering, or distress to others.
The word appears rarely, usually in religious or literary contexts where suffering has a clear agent: The afflicters of the innocent will face judgment.
More common as a legal or theological term than in everyday speech.
One who causes anguish
- persecutorOne who harasses relentlessly
- abuserOne who mistreats others
- harasserOne who intimidates repeatedly
- oppressorOne who dominates cruelly
tyrant · bully · torturer · sadist · antagonist · aggressor · victimizer · tormenter
One causing physical harm
- wounderOne who harms another
- damagerOne who causes harm
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
plague · bane · curse · menace · threat · hazard · pestilence · calamity
One who disturbs
- vexerOne who irritates
- strainerPerforated draining vessel
- weighterMore heavy comparatively
- hindererOne who obstructs
impediment · tribulation · hardship · trial · ordeal
tormentor
One who causes anguish
- persecutorOne who harasses relentlessly
- abuserOne who mistreats others
- harasserOne who intimidates repeatedly
oppressor · tyrant · bully · torturer · sadist · antagonist · aggressor · victimizer · tormenter · punisher
injurer
One causing physical harm
scourge · plague · bane · curse · menace · threat · hazard · pestilence · calamity · devastator
troubler
One who disturbs
hinderer · impediment · tribulation · hardship · trial · ordeal
afflictercomforter
Quilted bed covering
consoler · soother · sympathizer · supporter · encourager
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