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Definition: Tormentor |
TormentorNoun1. 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. |
Date "tormentor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | One of a pair of narrow curtains or flats. . . just behind the front curtain. . . used to frame the sides of the inner proscenium opening at any desired width. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A wooden axle, studded with iron spikes, for puddling auriferous clay as it spins or turns in a trough. See also:puddlerb. A device somewhat similar to a log washer. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TormentorSynonyms: persecutor (n), teaser (n), tormenter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tormentor |
| English words defined with "tormentor": Baiter ♦ tantaliser, tantalizer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tormentor": GUT SCRAPER ♦ Proboscis ♦ TORMENTOR of CATGUT. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk. Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the illustrious Jo. Miller cast a reproachful look upon his tormentor, and answered, absently: "When it is ajar," and threw himself from a high promontory into the sea. Thus perished in his pride the most famous humorist of antiquity, leaving to mankind a heritage of woe! No successor worthy of the title has appeared, though Mr. Edward bok, of The Ladies' Home Journal, is much respected for the purity and sweetness of his personal character. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tormentor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tormentor" is used about 42 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% | 42 | 52,864 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "tormentor": Self-tormentor. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "tormentor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | torturues (excruciating, gruelling, torturer), persekutues (persecutor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مؤلم (aching, agonizing, causing pain, distressful, distressing, excruciating, grievous, painful, sad, sore, sorrowful, tormenting), المعذب, المضايق (persecutor), الجلاد (executioner, hanger, headsman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | странична кулиса, странична завеса, мъчител (inquisitor, mauler, torturer), звукопоглъщащ екран. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 折磨者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | muèitel (racketeer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زجردهنده , عذاب دهنده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiusanhenki (pest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tourmenteur, persécuteur, manteau d'Arlequin, cadre mobile, bourreau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | quälgeist (nag, nagger, nuisance, pest, torment), peiniger (torturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βασανιστήσ (afflicter, macerator, scourger, torturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מציק (oppressive, oppressor, pest, plaguy, vexatious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kínzó (acute, agonizing, crucifying, excessive, excruciating, killing, obsessive, racking, tearing, to keep sy on tenterhooks, torturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | algojo (bully, executioner, hangman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | torcheyder (torturer), pianeyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ormentortay carrasco (executioner, hanger, hangman, headsman, jack ketch, torturer), atormentador (chaser, persecutor), algoz (butcher, cruel person, executioner, headsman, torturer). (various references) chinuitor (agonizing, cruel, excruciating, gnawing, harrowing, torturer). (various references) мучитель (mauler, tantalizer, tormenter, torturer). (various references) mučitelj (oppressor, torturer, worrier). (various references) atormentador (tormenter, torturer). (various references) plågoande (torturer). (various references) sahne yan perdesi, işkenceci (persecutor, torturer), işkence aleti, büyük çatal, acı çektiren kimse (torturer). (various references) колісна борона, мучитель (mauler, torturer, worrier). (various references) người l m khổ. (various references) poenwr (torturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tormentor": tormentors. (additional references) | |
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"Tormentor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tarento, tormantor, Tormarton, tormenta, Tornewton, torrentor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tormentor" (pronounced tô"rme'nter) |
| 5 | -m e' n t er | experimenter. |
| 4 | -e' n t er | epicenter, multicenter, Supercenter. |
| 3 | -n t er | banter, blunter, canter, Cantor, carpenter, center, centre, counter, covenanter, discounter, dissenter, enchanter, encounter, enter, fainter, grantor, headhunter, Hunter, inventor, mentor, Midwinter, Minter, overwinter, painter, planter, pointer, presenter, printer, punter, reenter, renter, saunter, splinter, sprinter, Stentor, Venter, winter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-n-o-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: montero, torment, torrent. | |
-3 letters: enroot, mentor, mooter, retorn, retort, roomer, rooter, rotten, rotter, termor, tooter, torero, torten, tremor. | |
-4 letters: enorm, metro, monte, moron, morro, motet, motor, motte, motto, noter, ormer, otter, retro, romeo, rotor, rotte, tenor, toner, torot, torte, totem, toter, trone. | |
-5 letters: meno, mono, moon, moor, moot, more, morn, mort, mote, mott, nett. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-n-o-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: tormentors. | |
+2 letters: trimetrogon. | |
+3 letters: demonstrator, northernmost, remonstrator, trigonometry, trimetrogons. | |
+4 letters: anthropometry, demonstrators, reimportation, remonstration, remonstrators, sternforemost, trigonometric. | |
+5 letters: anthropometric, reimportations, remonstrations, trigonometries. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 72 6D 65 6E 74 6F 72 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .-. -- . -. - --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o r m e n t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0072 006D 0065 006E 0074 006F 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)548184797180868184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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