Guard and Tormentor

Guard

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

Tormentor is an antonym for guard.

Tormentor

Tormentor noun - A person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another.
Usage example: shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had committed suicide at the age of 30

Guard is an antonym for tormentor.

Nearby Words: torment, tormented, tormenting

Both words in one sentence

  • Everybody Hates Hades He merely serves as the Warden of Tartarus and tormentor of the wicked imprisoned there, and even allows good souls from Heaven to come try to redeem the fallen souls under his guard.
  • Literature / From Here to Eternity Fatso Judson, the brutish stockade guard who becomes Magglio's tormentor.See also The Thin Red Line which features similar characters based on James Jones' real life experiences, including Private Witt, appropriately enough for a subsequent novel.
  • Wilfred Shadbolt of The Yeomen of the Guard is head jailer and assistant tormentor, but wants to be more affable by becoming a jester.
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