Self-tormentor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who torments himself or herself.

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

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

Etymology

From self- + tormentor.

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