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inflicter

Meaning of "inflicter" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INFLICTER

ɪnˈflɪktə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFLICTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inflicter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INFLICTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inflicter in the English dictionary

The definition of inflicter in the dictionary is someone or something that inflicts something.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFLICTER

afflicter · character · constrictor · contradicter · dicta · evictor · fictor · inflictor · interdictor · lictor · multicharacter · perfecter · perfector · Pictor · predicter · predictor · Richter · vasoconstrictor · Victa · victor

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFLICTER

inflexibility · inflexible · inflexibleness · inflexibly · inflexion · inflexional · inflexionally · inflexionless · inflict · inflictable · infliction · inflictive · inflictor · inflorescence · inflorescent · inflow · inflow pipe · inflowing · influence · influence peddling

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFLICTER

abstracter · acinetobacter · affecter · azotobacter · campylobacter · cartoon character · concocter · connecter · detecter · distracter · effecter · in character · indicter · infecter · out of character · respecter · space character · sphincter · subtracter · suspecter

Synonyms and antonyms of inflicter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inflicter» into 25 languages

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The translations of inflicter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inflicter» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

加害者
1,325 millions of speakers
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inflicter
570 millions of speakers
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English

inflicter
510 millions of speakers
hi

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inflicter
380 millions of speakers
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المصيب
280 millions of speakers
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inflicter
278 millions of speakers
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inflicter
270 millions of speakers
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inflicter
260 millions of speakers
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inflicter
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Pendatang
190 millions of speakers
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inflicter
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

苦痛を引き起こす人
130 millions of speakers
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inflicter
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Inflicter
85 millions of speakers
vi

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inflicter
80 millions of speakers
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inflicter
75 millions of speakers
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फॉस्टर
75 millions of speakers
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inflicter
70 millions of speakers
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inflicter
65 millions of speakers
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inflicter
50 millions of speakers
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inflicter
40 millions of speakers
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inflicter
30 millions of speakers
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inflicter
15 millions of speakers
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inflicter
14 millions of speakers
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inflicter
10 millions of speakers
no

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inflicter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inflicter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFLICTER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inflicter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFLICTER»

Discover the use of inflicter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inflicter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Journal of Materia Medica
Now, so far as the law goes, the inflicter of the wound will be convicted of murder, but john Smith was really killed by the surgeon, through gross ignorance and gross neglect 1n not using the gas test and opening the belly when it was not ...
‎1890
2
Unstable Bodies: Victorian Representations of Sexuality and ...
with Charlotte Bronte about Agnes Grey may illuminate the shifting and unstable subject positions of 'victim' and 'inflicter' that she experiences at Wellwood: I was speaking to her about Agnes Grey ... and alluding more particularly to the ...
Jill L. Matus, 1995
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Detraction displayed
The glance of the eye-inflicter, in my sense of the term, wanders with a keen, minutely-searching glance over the whole person and dress, as if in order to discover faults and negligences ; and it sometimes settles on us with a cold, cruel  ...
Amelia Opie, 1828
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
But yet, with fortitode resign 'd, 111 thank th' inflicter of the blow. Chatterton, The Resignation. infliction (in-flik'shqn), n. [= F. infliction = Sp. infliccufn = Pg. infiiccSo = It. inflizione, < LL. inflictio(n-), < L. infltgere, pp. inflictus, strike on or against, ...
‎1911
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Social Organization of Medical Work
Even without experience with specific procedures, treatments, or regimens, laypersons can sometimes recognize lack of skill in the manner, approach, style or actual words of the pain inflicter. Experience leaves the patient less at the mercy of ...
Anselm Leonard Strauss, 1997
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His ...
... has extinguished all the sensations of humanity, and has no longer any satisfaction in the reflection that he is loved as the distributor of happiness, may please himself with exciting terror as the inflicter of pain : he may delight his solitude with ...
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, 1837
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Sword of Tilk Trilogy: Book Three: At Sword's End
The inflicter of pain inflicting the pain and even the memory of pain was painful. She gasped for breath instinctively knowing a memory could not inflict physical pain but dreading the memory anyway. That smell of food again, wafting on the ...
Pen, 2013
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The Cambridge Companion to English Poets
'as i try to say in [“Deceptions”]', Larkin said, 'the inflicter of suffering may be fooled, the sufferer never is.' suffering is inevitable where desire and the exercise of the will are involved, but there may still be suffering even when there is no ...
Claude Rawson, 2011
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The Laws of Manu
[25] Where the Rod moves about, black and with red eyes, destroying evil, there the subjects do not get confused, as long as the inflicter sees well. [26] They say that a king is a (proper) inflicter of punishment when he speaks the truth, acts ...
Manu, Wendy Doniger, 1991
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Changing Life: Genomes, Ecologies, Bodies, Commodities
It is not surprising, then, that Rousseau says, "when in the end I was beaten I found the experience less dreadful in fact than in anticipation; and the very strange thing was that this punishment increased my affection for the inflicter" (25 ).
Peter J. Taylor, Saul E. Halfon, Paul N. Edwards, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFLICTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inflicter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ronda Rousey delivers knock-out punch to Floyd Mayweather at …
An “inflicter of domestic violence and the wager of psychological warfare,” as The Atlantic said in a piece ahead of Mayweather's historic bout ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
2
Glastonbury Festival Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary
“Our land is returned spotless.” Mr. Scott said of Mr. Eavis: “He's gone from being the demon, the inflicter of horrors on the countryside, to being ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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GUEST COLUMN: TMI and TLI with WHN
The reason WHN is such a frequent inflicter is not a selfish one. She just wants to make sure she has given all the information that will be ... «Northwest Georgia News, May 15»
4
The Dodger: Floyd Mayweather and the Impunity of Genius
So there is Mayweather, the talent and the athlete and the entrepreneur, and there is Mayweather, the inflicter of domestic violence and the ... «Yahoo News UK, May 15»
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WWE NXT recap, reactions, video highlights from April 8, 2015 …
... executed moves that look like hurt his opponent instead of barely controlled chaos that looked more painful for the inflicter than the inflicted. «Cageside Seats, Apr 15»
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The Only Road to Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolence
It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love, in the faith that it is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, ... «ABC Online, Jan 15»
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Editorial: Remembering the spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love, in the faith that it is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, ... «The Rock River Times, Jan 15»
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The Spectator at war: Military timetables
... jury, but the inflicter of punishment, why, then, to my conception, he loses his proper ordained functions as soldier and becomes executioner. «Spectator.co.uk, Dec 14»
9
King Solomon and the ogress
It is possible to interpret this legend as the demonization of a female as the inflicter of all suffering, but it is also the description of a majestic ... «Livemint, Sep 14»
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The old schoolyard, when raising cane was the norm
You could hear the swish, the occasional aside from inflicter to inflicted, "This will wipe the smirk from your face, son", and you could feel a ... «The Age, Jul 14»
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