tormentor

«tormentor» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who causes pain, fear or trouble to someone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural tormentors)

meaning for a pupil

A tormentor is a person who causes pain, fear or trouble to someone, often on purpose and over and over. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, the tormentors are the cruel people who hurt or taunt a helpless prisoner or victim

examples

• The boy turned to his tormentors and begged them to stop. tree →
• The bully was the tormentor of the smaller children. tree →
• His tormentors laughed as he fell. tree →
• The cat was a tormentor to the mice. tree →

note

nothing for maths; it names people, and counting tormentors is simple counting.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tormentor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.