Meaning of self-tormentor | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who torments himself or herself.

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Examples

“[Anger] macerates, and vexes the soul with fury, so that they become⟳ self-tormentors; Rage, and fury, tortures more then wrong and injury.”

“[…] 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:”

“The very willingness with which she performed these duties, the cheerfulness with which she bore her reverses, and the kindness which withheld her from imputing the smallest blame⟳ to him, were all perverted by this ingenious self-tormentor into further aggravations of his sufferings.”

“[…] his will was not always the servant of his intelligence; he was an agonist, a self-tormentor, who ran to meet⟳ suffering halfway.”

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