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Definition of Tormenter
1. Noun. Someone who torments.
Specialized synonyms: Harasser, Blighter, Cuss, Gadfly, Pest, Pesterer, Tantaliser, Tantalizer, Witch-hunter
Generic synonyms: Oppressor
Derivative terms: Persecute, Torment, Torment, Torment, Torment, Torment
2. Noun. A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings.
Definition of Tormenter
1. n. One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.
Definition of Tormenter
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of tormentor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tormenter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tormenter
Literary usage of Tormenter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"In most theaters, the tormenter entrances are seldom used, because a character,
stepping across the curtain-line, or where the act drop rises and falls, ..."
2. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"Also, most playhouses aiming to confine their work to the so-called " legitimate "
stage, ignore the tormenter entrances altogether, and begin numbering ..."
3. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"»id. in £dfe[n, 2.5 —nogel, m. 1. tenter-hook; 2. clasp (headed) nail; - pflug, m.
Agr. horse-hoe, horse-rake, tormenter; ..."
4. Dizionario italiano, inglese, francese: A concise dictionary of the Italian by Alfred Elwes (1855)
"... «m. a tormenter: qui tourmente, m. Tormentare, tan. to torment ; тех; grieve;
infest; trouble; be grieved; tormented i tourmenter ; vexer ..."
5. Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and ...by Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke by Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke (1811)
"tormenter of CATGUT. A fiddler. TORY. An advocate for absolute monarchy and church
power; also an Irish vagabond, robber, or rapparee. Toss POT. A drunkard. ..."
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