Quiz
Quiz noun - A person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another.
Usage example: always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production
Torturer
Torturer noun - A person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another.
Usage example: a sadistic torturer of men he regarded as weak, the drillmaster really had it in for one recruit
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