TORMENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tormenter mean? 

• TORMENTER (noun)
  The noun TORMENTER has 2 senses:

1. someone who torments

2. a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings

  Familiarity information: TORMENTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORMENTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who torments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

persecutor; tormenter; tormentor

Hypernyms ("tormenter" is a kind of...):

oppressor (a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tormenter"):

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)

Derivation:

torment (subject to torture)

torment (torment emotionally or mentally)

torment (treat cruelly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

teaser; tormenter; tormentor

Hypernyms ("tormenter" is a kind of...):

flat (scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting)