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torturer

/ˈtɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹə(ɹ)/

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dated/ˈtɔː.tju.ɹə(ɹ)/

torturer noun: someone who tortures.

Noun

torturer (plural torturers)

  1. Someone who tortures.
    • I play the torturer by ſmall and ſmall / To lengthen out the worſt that muſt be ſpoken: […]1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597...
    • My destruction might indeed arrive a few months sooner; but if my torturer should suspect that I postponed it, influenced by his menaces, he would surely find other, and perhaps more dreadful means of revenge.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...

torturer meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic

torturer in Hindi

one who tortures
सितमगर sitamgar

torturer in Urdu

تکلیف دینے والا

torturer in Malayalam

പീഡകൻ

torturer in Arabic

one who tortures
جَلَّاد jallād

Forms of torturer

pluraltorturers

Origin of torturer

From torture + -er.

Words formed from torturer

Questions about torturer

What does torturer mean?
Torturer means someone who tortures.
What is torturer in Hindi?
Torturer in Hindi is सितमगर (sitamgar). See Torturer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is torturer?
Torturer is a noun.
How do you pronounce torturer?
Torturer is pronounced /ˈtɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of torturer?
The plural of torturer is torturers.

Words near torturer in the dictionary

  1. torturees
  2. torturelike
  3. torturemeister
  4. torturemeisters
  5. tortureproof
  6. torturer
  7. torturers
  8. tortures
  9. torturesome
  10. torturess
  11. torturesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: torturer (page history and authors); torturer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); torturer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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