tormentors

noun

variants also tormenters
plural of tormentor
as in torturers
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had written a book about the dangers of bullying

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Recent Examples of tormentors Each nutty denunciation of his imaginary tormentors includes a plea for a presidential pardon. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 The attacks lead to the fateful events of prom night — a famous moment from King’s original— in which Carrie, who’s become aware of growing telekinetic powers, turns her abilities on her tormenters when she’s finally pushed over the edge. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026 That their tormentors were not untouchable. — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026 If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026 And her tormentors are all abruptly, painfully departing the scene or, at the very least, becoming ensnared in one humiliation after another. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 The mind could wander briefly about the Giants riding a two-game winning streak into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Eagles, equipped to knock off their tormentors who suddenly look vulnerable. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025 There appears to be no limit to his sensitivity or his determination to humble his tormentors. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025 But can the Yankees really stare down their tormentors and finally best Houston in a playoff format? — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormentors
  1. torturers
  2. teases
  3. harassers
  4. persecutors
  5. attackers
Noun
  • Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of torturers
Noun
  • The final exchange is honestly the strangest and teases what’s in store for this week’s SNL episode.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Even in the age of algorithms, short attention spans and TikTok teases, Warren Buffett continued to profit with his patient bargain-hunting approach while offering folksy advice on investing and life.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of teases
Noun
  • White stars can help by publicly supporting their Black colleagues, who are especially targeted by online trolls and harassers.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
Definition of harassers
Noun
  • Are prisoners in Nazi concentration camps not the legal owners of artworks they were forced to make by their SS persecutors?
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Honoring the undocumented and decrying their persecutors at the height of her career, against political headwinds and with nothing to gain and everything to lose, was par for her life, and a challenge for all of us to do the same.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of persecutors
Noun
  • Zimperium says attackers primarily spread it through SMS phishing, malicious advertising and deceptive third-party download sites.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The attackers were then able to obtain privileged internal access and bypass the normal customer-facing withdrawal process without stealing private keys, Mandiant reported.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of attackers

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“Tormentors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormentors. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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