tormentor
/tɔːˈmɛntə/
US pronunciation
American sound/tɔːˈmɛntə/
tɔːˈmɛntə
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
tɔː - ˈmɛntə -> tormentor
Myanmar meaning
(n) နှိပ်စက်ကလူပြုသူ။ ညှဉ်းဆဲသူ။
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(က) [UC usu pl ] ညှဉ်းပန်းမှုဒဏ်။ ညှဉ်းဆဲခြင်း။ be in great torment ❍ years of mental torment ❍ suffer the torments of remorse/ jealousy.
(ခ) [C usu sing ] အကြီးအကျယ် ဒုက္ခရောက်ခြင်း။ အလွန်အမင်း စိတ်ဆင်းရဲခြင်း။ His shyness made public speaking a constant torment to him.
/ tↄ:'ment / v
၁။ နှိပ်စက်သည်။ ညှဉ်းဆဲသည်။ ညှဉ်းပန်းသည်။ be tormented by hunger/ anxiety/ mosquitoes.
၂။ စသည်။ ဒုက္ခပေးသည်။ They enjoy tormenting their teacher (with silly questions).
❏ tormentor / tↄ:'mentǝ(r) / n နှိပ်စက်ကလူပြုသူ။ ညှဉ်းဆဲသူ။ The dog bared its teeth at its tormentors.
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anguish, suffering, agony, distress, pain, torture, ordeal, abuse, afflict, affliction, agonize, annoy, annoyance, bait, bane, bedevil, bone, bother, break, crucify, devil, drive bananas, drive up the wall, excruciate, excruciation, give a hard time, harass, harassment, harrow, harry, heckle, hell, hound, hurt, irritate, irritation, misery, mistreat, molest, nag, nagging, nuisance, pain in the neck, persecute, persecution, pest, pester, plague, play cat and mouse, provocation, provoke, punish, put through wringer, rack, rub salt in wound, scourge, smite, stress, taunt, tease, trouble, try, vex, vexation, worry, wring
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