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Definition: Tormenter |
TormenterNoun1. Someone who torments. 2. A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: TormenterSynonyms: persecutor (n), teaser (n), tormentor (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tormenter |
| Specialty definitions using "tormenter": TORMENTER OF CATGUT, TORMENTER OF SHEEP SKIN. (references) |
| "Tormenter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tormenter" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
obelisk tormenter | 18 |
oblisk tormenter | 5 |
obelisk tormenter yugioh | 2 |
obolisk tormenter | 2 |
obelisk picture tormenter | 2 |
tormenter | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tormenter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | мучитель (mauler, tantalizer, tormentor, torturer). (various references) | |
Spanish | atormentador (tormentor, torturer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tormenter": tormenters. (additional references) | |
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"Tormenter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tormene, tormenta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tormenter" (pronounced 'Tor*ment"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: rottener. | |
-2 letters: remoter, torment, torrent. | |
-3 letters: emoter, mentor, meteor, moreen, netter, remote, renter, retore, retorn, retort, rotten, rotter, tenter, termer, termor, terret, toneme, torten, tremor. | |
-4 letters: emote, enorm, enter, merer, meter, metre, metro, monte, motet, motte, noter, ormer, otter, remet, rente, retem, retro, rotte, tenet, tenor, terne, toner, torte, totem, toter, treen, trone. | |
-5 letters: erne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: tormenters. | |
+2 letters: remonstrate. | |
+3 letters: determinator, exterminator, penetrometer, remonstrated, remonstrates, tenderometer. | |
+4 letters: concertmaster, counterstream, determinators, exterminators, exterminatory, overtreatment, penetrometers, pretournament, remonstrative, sternforemost, tenderometers. | |
+5 letters: concertmasters, concertmeister, counterstreams, endarterectomy, interferometer, interferometry, intervalometer, overtreatments, postretirement, pretermination, pretournaments, thermoremanent, trigonometries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 72 6D 65 6E 74 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .-. -- . -. - . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o r m e n t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0072 006D 0065 006E 0074 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548184797180867184 |
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