tormentor

tormentor englannista suomeksi

1. väliverho

2. kiduttaja

0. Substantiivi

1. ahdistaja

1. Verbi

tormentor englanniksi

1. One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.

2. (RQ:Dickens Nicholas Nickleby)

3. (RQ:Hardy Woodlanders) came and rang at my bell as soon as it was light (..) perfectly maddened with an aching tooth. (..) The poor thing begged me with tears in her eyes to take out her tormentor, if I dragged her head off.

4. (quote-journal), who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland.

5. A person delegated to torture prisoners.

6. (RQ:KJV)

7. {{quote-book|en|year=1838|author=William Ware|title=Probus|location=New York|publisher=C. S. Francis|section=Volume 1, Letter 2, p. 56|url=https://archive.org/details/probusorromeint00waregoog

8. 1933, (w), ''Anthony Adverse'', New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 6, p.(nbs)78,https://archive.org/details/anthonyadverse00alle

Her eyes rested on him for an instant like those of an accused person seeing the state tormentor approach for the first time.

9. Something abstract that causes suffering.

10. (RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2)

11. (RQ:Milton Samson Agonistes)

12. 1759, (w), ''The Theory of Moral Sentiments'', Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Part 1, Section 1, p.(nbs)10,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004894986.0001.000

The infant (..) feels only the uneasiness of the present instant, which can never be great. With regard to the future it is perfectly secure, and in its thoughtlessness and want of foresight possesses an antidote against fear and anxiety, the great tormentors of the human breast, from which reason and philosophy will in vain attempt to defend it when it grows up to a man.

13. (quote-book)|location=Toronto|publisher=McClelland and Stewart|chapter=15|page=630|url=https://archive.org/details/finebalanc00mist

14. One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.W. P. Bowman and R. H. Ball, ''Theatre Language: A Diction of Terms in English of the Drama and Stage from Medieval to Modern Times'', New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1961, p.(nbs)395,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001111243

15. {{quote-book|en|year=1940|author=Sinclair Lewis|title=Bethel Merriday|location=London|publisher=Jonathan Cape|chapter=24|page=241|url=https://archive.org/details/bethelmerriday00lewi

16. An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.Luke Hebert, ''The Engineer’s and Mechanic’s Encyclopædia'', London: Thomas Kelly, Volume 2, 1837 p.801: “TORMENTOR. An instrument much used in tillage, sometimes for breaking down the stiff clods, and at other times for skimming the surface turf, for the purpose of burning. It resembles a harrow in its general appearance, but runs upon wheels, and each tire is furnished with a hoe or share that enters and cuts up the ground.”https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001509993

17. A long meat-fork.

18. 1813, (w), enclosure in a letter to the Secretary of the Navy, dated 18(nbs)October, 1813, in William S. Dudley (editor), ''The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History'', Washington D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 1992, Volume 2, p.(nbs)392,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001085723

Cabin furniture received onboard the U.S.F. ''Constellation'' at Washington (..) 1 Cleaver and tormentors/Cook; footnote: A tormentor is a long iron meat fork used by sea cooks.

19. (io-form of)