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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Green wasn’t the only member on his feet, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Nancy Mace (R-SC) scolded the Texan for his outburst – a bit rich coming from frequent Joe Biden heckler Taylor Greene.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
And at every turn, there were hecklers on social media calling him an idiot, a fraud, and a huckster, and claiming that his companies were about to collapse and die.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
For a time, her performances were interrupted by hecklers, threats to her life were constant, her food was spat in, and the song was basically banned from radio.
—Audra Heinrichs, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
The worst can turn a whole auditorium into hecklers, united in their disdain.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
And at every turn, there were hecklers on social media calling him an idiot, a fraud, and a huckster, and claiming that his companies were about to collapse and die.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
For a time, her performances were interrupted by hecklers, threats to her life were constant, her food was spat in, and the song was basically banned from radio.
—Audra Heinrichs, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
The worst can turn a whole auditorium into hecklers, united in their disdain.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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“Heckler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heckler. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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