as in harasser
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby
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Recent Examples of heckler
Other members of the crowd started booing and then drowned out the heckler with applause before Zverev began his post-match speech.
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Ben Church, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Yes, but not just any heckler; the interloper turns out to be Death himself.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
New York Knicks fans — and star Karl-Anthony Towns — are cheering on the national anthem singer who pushed back after her rendition was briefly interrupted by a heckler on Thursday night.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.
—Jillian Sykes, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ben Church, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Yes, but not just any heckler; the interloper turns out to be Death himself.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
New York Knicks fans — and star Karl-Anthony Towns — are cheering on the national anthem singer who pushed back after her rendition was briefly interrupted by a heckler on Thursday night.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.
—Jillian Sykes, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Heckler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heckler. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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