agonizers
Those who suffer
Agonizers are people who agonize—who struggle painfully with decisions or dwell anxiously on problems.
The word suggests excessive deliberation, someone who turns matters over endlessly rather than acting: The agonizers on the committee delayed the vote for weeks.
An agonizer can also be a device that causes pain, particularly in science fiction.
Those who inflict suffering
- sadistsThose enjoying others' suffering
- persecutorsThose who cruelly harass
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
- tormentorsThose who cause anguish
bullies · abusers · inquisitors · interrogators · tyrants · taskmasters · teasers · provocateurs
Those who cause anguish
- sufferersPeople experiencing pain
- painBodily or emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
grief · heartache · despair · misery · trauma · distress · sorrow · woe
Those who carefully consider
- waversFails to decide
- hesitatorsPeople who delay deciding
- overthinkersPeople who dwell excessively
- second-guessersThose questioning prior decisions
indecision · vacillation · doubt · uncertainty · dilemma · quandary · fence-sitters · conflicted
Deliberate infliction of suffering
- implementsEnacts or instruments
- instrumentsTools for precise tasks
- mechanismsMeans by which things function
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
stretchers · racks · thumbscrews · iron maidens · pincers · clamps · restraints · shackles
torturers
Those who inflict suffering
- sadistsThose enjoying others' suffering
- persecutorsThose who cruelly harass
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
tormentors · bullies · abusers · inquisitors · interrogators · tyrants · taskmasters · teasers · provocateurs · antagonists
tormentors
Those who cause anguish
suffering · grief · heartache · despair · misery · trauma · distress · sorrow · woe · affliction
deliberators
Those who carefully consider
- waversFails to decide
- hesitatorsPeople who delay deciding
- overthinkersPeople who dwell excessively
second-guessers · indecision · vacillation · doubt · uncertainty · dilemma · quandary · fence-sitters · conflicted · torn
torture
Deliberate infliction of suffering
- implementsEnacts or instruments
- instrumentsTools for precise tasks
- mechanismsMeans by which things function
contraptions · stretchers · racks · thumbscrews · iron maidens · pincers · clamps · restraints · shackles · manacles