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self-tormentor

self-tormentor noun: a person who torments himself or herself.

Noun

self-tormentor (plural self-tormentors)

  1. A person who torments himself or herself.
    • [Anger] macerates, and vexes the soul with fury, so that they become self-tormentors; Rage, and fury, tortures more then wrong and injury.1659, Samuel Clarke, chapter 9, in Medulla Theologiæ, or, The Marrow of Divinity, London: Thomas Underhill, page 73
    • […] a little observation upon the affairs of men, assured me, that I might kick, and prance, and give myself airs, but it would all be to no purpose: that I should only live anxious, and go down into the grave sooner, for acting the self-tormentor; and tearing my body and constitution all to pieces:1777, Samuel Jackson Pratt, chapter 126, in Liberal Opinions, upon Animals, Man, and Providence, volume 6, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, page 61

Forms of self-tormentor

pluralself-tormentors

Origin of self-tormentor

From self- + tormentor.

Questions about self-tormentor

What does self-tormentor mean?
Self-tormentor means a person who torments himself or herself.
What part of speech is self-tormentor?
Self-tormentor is a noun.
What is the plural of self-tormentor?
The plural of self-tormentor is self-tormentors.

Words near self-tormentor in the dictionary

  1. self-test
  2. self-tests
  3. self-thinking
  4. self-timer
  5. self-titled
  6. self-tormentor
  7. self-tormentors
  8. self-training
  9. self-trainings
  10. self-trapped
  11. self-treatment

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