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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesautotormentador
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ow-to-tor-men-ta-dor
"Ele é um autotormentador implacável."
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A person who causes mental or emotional suffering to themselves through excessive worry, guilt, or rumination.
"He was a chronic self-tormenter, constantly replaying past mistakes in his mind."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the reflexive prefix 'self-' (from Old English silf) and 'tormenter' (from Old French tormentor, ultimately from Latin tormentum meaning 'twist, rack'). The compound has been used since the late 16th century to describe individuals who inflict mental or emotional anguish upon themselves.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-tormenter" is said worldwide
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tourmenteur de soi-même
Transliteration: toor-mɑ̃-tœʁ də swa-mɛm
"Il est un tourmenteur de soi-même perpétuel."
Selbstquäler
Transliteration: zɛlbst-kvɛːlɐ
"Er erwies sich oft als sein eigener Selbstquäler."
autoflagellatore
Transliteration: ow-to-fla-gel-la-to-re
"Non essere un autoflagellatore per piccoli errori."
atormentador de sí mismo
Transliteration: a-tor-men-ta-dor de si mis-mo
"Su propia mente lo convirtió en un atormentador de sí mismo."
autotormentador
Transliteration: ow-to-tor-men-ta-dor
"Ele é um autotormentador implacável."
आत्म-प्रताड़क
Transliteration: aatma-prataadak
"वह अपने ही विचारों का आत्म-प्रताड़क बन गया है।"
自虐者
Transliteration: zì nüè zhě
"他总是在精神上折磨自己，真是一个自虐者。"
자괴론자
Transliteration: ja-gwae-ron-ja
Script: 자학하는 사람
"그는 스스로를 괴롭히는 자학하는 사람이었다."
自己拷問者
Transliteration: jiko goumon-sha
"彼は自分の失敗について考え続ける自己拷問者だ。"
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