harasser

noun

Definition of harassernext
as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another the firm takes the issue of sexual harassment very seriously, and harassers are harshly disciplined

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harasser
  1. tease
  2. tormentor
  3. heckler
Noun
  • Instead, those hints of a so-bad-it’s-good guilty pleasure are a fleeting tease in an action thriller that spills plenty of blood but never raises the temperature or ignites the excitement.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • These are just a tease of everything coming to Agents of Sabotage.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of tease
Noun
  • From the fonts to the names of her tormentors, the clip has QT’s influence all over it.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
  • His defense minister and longtime political tormentor Yoav Gallant has bristled at that goal.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of tormentor
Noun
  • It was filmed by the heckler and by those who witnessed Kelce snatch his phone and smash it onto the ground.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Radiohead singer Thom Yorke left the stage at his solo show in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday night (Oct. 30) after a heckler yelled at him about the war between Israel and Hamas.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of heckler
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“Harasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harasser. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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