tormentors
Those who torture
Tormentors are people or things that cause prolonged suffering or anguish.
The word typically describes those who inflict pain deliberately and repeatedly: She finally confronted her childhood tormentors.
In theater, tormentors are the curtains or flats at either side of a stage, masking the wings from the audience.
Those who intimidate others
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
- abusersThose who harm others
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
persecutors · antagonists · aggressors · sadists · intimidators · hecklers · mockers · teasers
Intense mental suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- painBodily or emotional distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
trauma · despair · grief · affliction · heartache · sorrow · woe · wretchedness
Finding pleasure in cruelty
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
heartless · callous · pitiless · malevolent · savage · ruthless · cold-blooded · malicious
Exercising power unjustly
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
domineering · overbearing · autocratic · totalitarian · draconian · repressive · iron-fisted · controlling
bullies
Those who intimidate others
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
- abusersThose who harm others
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
tyrants · persecutors · antagonists · aggressors · sadists · intimidators · hecklers · mockers · teasers · predators
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- painBodily or emotional distress
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
misery · trauma · despair · grief · affliction · heartache · sorrow · woe · wretchedness · hardship
sadistic
Finding pleasure in cruelty
vicious · heartless · callous · pitiless · malevolent · savage · ruthless · cold-blooded · malicious · spiteful
tyrannical
Exercising power unjustly
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- dictatorialImposing absolute control
oppressive · domineering · overbearing · autocratic · totalitarian · draconian · repressive · iron-fisted · controlling · manipulative
- stagecraftstage left, stage right, center stage, downstage, upstage
- stage riggingcounterweight system, counterweight, arbor, batten, battens
- annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- enemiesenemy, foe, foes, adversary, nemesis
- villainsvillain, antagonists, Darth Vader, evil characters, Joker
tormentorshealers
Those who treat ailments
comforters · caregivers · nurturers · helpers · soothers
tormentorsbenefactors
Givers of aid
consolers · friends · allies · kindred spirits · angels