self-tormentor
- a word derived from self-torment.
Example Sentences
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But his extraordinary memoirs, while they show an intrepid mind in a robust frame, bear witness to the self-tormentor who had trodden down the natural bonds of domestic life.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac
His was a joyous nature; no one was less of a self-tormentor.
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
Nor did I choose to follow your example, of being so much a self-tormentor, as to be concerned at whatever opinion of me any published invective might infuse into people unknown to me.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
She was not aware of it, being too indifferent to the world to observe what effect she had in it, and only realized that she was to herself a self-tormentor.
From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth
A very fantastic one, you will say—the illusion of a self-tormentor.
From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
