tormenter
One who torments
A tormenter is someone who inflicts suffering on another—through cruelty, harassment, or persistent annoyance.
The word covers a range from playground bullies to abusive figures: She finally confronted her childhood tormenter.
In theater, tormentors are the curtains or flats at the sides of a stage that mask the wings from the audience.
One who threatens others
- persecutorOne who harasses relentlessly
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- oppressorOne who dominates cruelly
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
taunter · brute · thug · ruffian · belittler · mocker · harasser · abuser
Ruler with absolute power
- dictatorRuler with total control
- autocratSole wielder of power
- oppressorOne who dominates cruelly
- overlordSupreme feudal superior
dominator · authoritarian · totalitarian · persecutor · subjugator · bully · taskmaster · slave driver
Person who enjoys cruelty
- inquisitorHarsh, probing questioner
- interrogatorOne who questions formally
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- captorOne who seizes another
jailer · flogger · scourger · persecutor · enslaver · taskmaster · brutalizer · abuser
Malevolent supernatural being
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- doubtLack of firm belief
- memoryMind's retention capacity
anxiety · obsession · fear · regret · shame · insecurity · intrusive thought · worry
intimidator
One who threatens others
- persecutorOne who harasses relentlessly
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- oppressorOne who dominates cruelly
heckler · taunter · brute · thug · ruffian · belittler · mocker · harasser · abuser · aggressor
despot
Ruler with absolute power
overlord · dominator · authoritarian · totalitarian · persecutor · subjugator · bully · taskmaster · slave driver · disciplinarian
sadist
Person who enjoys cruelty
- inquisitorHarsh, probing questioner
- interrogatorOne who questions formally
- executionerOne who kills condemned
captor · jailer · flogger · scourger · persecutor · enslaver · taskmaster · brutalizer · abuser · punisher
demon
Malevolent supernatural being
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- doubtLack of firm belief
memory · anxiety · obsession · fear · regret · shame · insecurity · intrusive thought · worry · trauma
heckler
One who taunts performers
nag · tease · provoker · irritant · needler · agitator · annoyer · gadfly · stalker · cyberbully
- tormentorspersecutor, persecutors, oppressor, oppressors, bully
- bulliesbully, intimidator, harasser, persecutor, oppressor
- abusersabuser, batterer, beater, brutalizer, bully
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
tormenterbenefactor
One who gives aid
friend · ally · supporter · well-wisher · philanthropist
- eternal tormentEndless punishment beyond death
- tormented soulOne suffering deep anguish
- psychological tormentInflicted emotional suffering
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