- tormentor, tormenter, persecutor - someone who torments
--1 is a kind of oppressor
--1 has particulars:harasser; pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly; tantalizer, tantaliser; witch-hunter Derived forms: verb torment2, verb torment1 - tormenter, tormentor, teaser - a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
--2 is a kind of flat