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We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel

Meaning of "tormentor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TORMENTOR

tormentor  [tɔːˈmɛntə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TORMENTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tormentor 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 TORMENTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tormentor

Tormentor is a black metal band formed in 1986 in Budapest, Hungary. They recorded their first album, Anno Domini, in 1988, but were unable to release it until the end of communism. The album reached Norway through the tape-trading community. Following the suicide of Per Ohlin, Mayhem invited Attila Csihar from Tormentor to join the band; he was to perform the vocals on De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Tormentor split up in 1991. After a long break they reformed and released the more experimental Recipe Ferrum through Avantgarde Music in 2001.

Definition of tormentor in the English dictionary

The first definition of tormentor in the dictionary is a person or thing that torments. Other definition of tormentor is a curtain or movable piece of stage scenery at either side of the proscenium arch, used to mask lights or exits and entrances. Tormentor is also a panel of sound-insulating material placed outside the field of the camera to control the acoustics on the sound stage.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TORMENTOR


augmenter
ɔːɡˈmɛntə
augmentor
ɔːɡˈmɛntə
center
ˈsɛntə
commenter
ˈkɒmɛntə
complimenter
ˈkɒmplɪˌmɛntə
ejectamenta
ɪˈdʒɛktəˌmɛntə
fermenter
fəˈmɛntə
fomenter
fəʊˈmɛntə
impedimenta
ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə
implementer
ˈɪmplɪˌmɛntə
implementor
ˈɪmplɪˌmɛntə
lamenter
ləˈmɛntə
lomenta
ˈləʊˈmɛntə
momenta
məʊˈmɛntə
omenta
əʊˈmɛntə
ornamenter
ˌɔːnəˈmɛntə
ramenta
rəˈmɛntə
rejectamenta
rɪˌdʒɛktəˈmɛntə
supplementer
ˈsʌplɪˌmɛntə
tomenta
təˈmɛntə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TORMENTOR

torii
Torino
torment
tormented
tormentedly
tormenter
tormentil
tormenting
tormentingly
tormentum
tormina
torminal
torminous
torn
tornadic
tornado
tornado-like
tornillo
toro

WORDS THAT END LIKE TORMENTOR

accentor
alpine accentor
assentor
cantor
circumferentor
circumventor
coinventor
commentor
fermentor
indentor
interventor
inventor
lentor
mentor
patentor
precentor
representor
stentor
succentor
unrelentor

Synonyms and antonyms of tormentor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tormentor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TORMENTOR

Find out the translation of tormentor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tormentor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tormentor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

折磨
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

torturador
570 millions of speakers

English

tormentor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معذب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мучитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

torturador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পীড়ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bourreau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tormentor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peiniger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

苦しめる人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

괴롭히는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tormentor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người làm khổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொடூரனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्रासदायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işkenceci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tormentatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oprawca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мучитель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chinuitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βασανιστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plager
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tormentor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plageånd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tormentor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TORMENTOR»

The term «tormentor» is regularly used and occupies the 75.320 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TORMENTOR» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «TORMENTOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tormentor.
1
Elie Wiesel
We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORMENTOR»

Discover the use of tormentor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tormentor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Camille's Tormentor, by the Author of 'We Are Worldlings'
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Bertha De Jongh, 2010
2
The Tormentor
After the death of his wife in a freak accident, Dix Mallory is tormented by a series of anonymous telephone calls, a campaign of terror that continues to escalate into a nightmare of violence, suspicion, and death. Original.
Bill Pronzini, 2000
3
The Tormentor
THE. TORMENTOR. Copyright © 2012 by Alex Binney. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information ...
Alex Binney, 2012
4
The Self-Tormentor
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Frederick W. 1819-1897 Ricord, Terence Terence, 2010
5
Cut and Assemble a Peter Pan Toy Theatre
F. 1. 2. Left Tormentor Spanner Second Tormentor Stage Base Proscenium Right *г Si ал > * ? J / il «2. Glue the back (bottom edge, cardboard side) of the completely assembled Proscenium unit to the front side of the Stage Base. You will ...
Tom Tierney, 1983
6
The Language of Theatre
Interestingly, 'top and tail' is also used in nursing for a method of bed-washing which concentrates only on the very public and very private parts of a patient. tormentor Semi-permanent wings, either curtains or flats, used to mask the offstage ...
Martin Harrison, 1998
7
A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
TOPHET TORMENT, TORMENTOR TOPHET Tophet was a "high place" in the Valley of Hinnom (cf. Gk. Gehenna, "hell") where parents were induced to sacrifice their children to the god Moloch, a practice abolished by Josiah and bitterly ...
David L. Jeffrey, 1992
8
The Tormentor
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
William Romaine Paterson, 2010
9
The Age of Caravaggio
left elbow of the stiffly posed tormentor at the left just touches the upper edge of the canvas (the plates in R. Klessmann, 1978, and in R. W. Bissell, 1981, are cropped). Parallels for this compressed effect occur in such paintings by Gentileschi ...
‎1985
10
The Self-Tormentor, Heautontimorumenos, from the Latin of ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series.
Frederick William Ricord, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORMENTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tormentor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New charges for Palin tormentor
A 23-year-old McAdoo man sentenced to federal probation after former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin filed a restraining order against him was charged ... «Standard Speaker, Jun 15»
2
Hillary the Tormentor
LATELY I've been running into people even more put off by the Clintons than the nefarious operatives in the “vast right wing conspiracy” ever were. They're ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
3
Overcoming Self-Doubt: Tame Your Inner Tormentor
After years of living with him, I think I've finally found a way to quiet down the jerk who plants little seeds of doubt in my brain after almost every, single decision I ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
4
Besigye tormentor Arinaitwe splits with wife
The infamous April 2011 image of Arinaitwe smashing the car of Besigye to demolibilise him with pepper spray before he dragged him out of the vehicle. «New Vision, May 15»
5
Gay man who was bullied at school receives Facebook apology …
A gay man who was bullied endlessly at school has received an apology from one of his tormentors – 20 years later. ChadMichael Morrisette has revealed how ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»
6
Beware the hamstring injury, tormentor of Chris Paul and many others
An athlete would almost be better off breaking a bone than yanking a hamstring, the trifecta of tissues in the back of the thigh that has felled so many fine ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
7
Ed Miliband's Question Time tormentor says Labour will kill economy
It's not every day that you appear on live television and accuse the Leader of the Opposition of lying. But that's what I found myself doing on Thursday during the ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
8
Ed Miliband's Question Time tormentor Catherine Shuttleworth …
The woman who gave the Ed Miliband a grilling over the economy live on TV today denied she was a “Tory plant” after she was accused of having links to the ... «Evening Standard, May 15»
9
Khloé Kardashian Remembers Armenian Genocide On Instagram …
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. I am proud to be Armenian and I won't be silenced or made to believe the stories of our ancestors are ... «International Business Times, Apr 15»
10
Freddie Freeman Is Another Mets Tormentor, on a Far Different …
Even late in his career, whenever Chipper Jones came to bat and Mets fans chanted “Lar-ry! Lar-ry!” — his given name — he got a look in his eyes. «New York Times, Apr 15»

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