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as in tormenter
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
years later his schoolyard persecutor would end up being one of his low-paid employees
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as in nuisance
one who is obnoxiously annoying
on this flight my airline-appointed persecutor was a chattering nitwit who could not stop talking about himself
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persecutor
Noun
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In a meeting that month which Dahl recorded, Turner referred to Williams as a nuisance who had already been dealt with.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025 -
However, residents argue that the alligator, who had been sunning beside a pond on the property for more than a decade, was not a nuisance but that his fate was in fact decided by the new management, who thought the wild animal posed a risk to residents.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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After months of teases, Ye surprise released his Bully album on Tuesday night (March 18) in three different versions.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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Love Is Blind Season 8 is over and done with, and the reunion brought us a few surprises, including a tease for Perfect Match Season 3 that wasn’t so much a tease but an outright spoiler for one particular couple: AD and Ollie.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Being famous, especially as A-list as the Pauls, surely has its annoyances – one’s privacy is effectively gone.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
24 Mar. 2025
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DeSantis quickly made amends after he was walloped in Iowa, but his annoyance with Donalds (who endorsed Trump early on over the governor) erupted the day before Donalds announced his bid for governor.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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Residents of Independence towers unionized with KC Tenants in May after the building’s hot water system was down for two weeks, following months of serious plumbing, heating and cooling, and pest control issues.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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The seasons are also changing, making agriculture more difficult, while pests, including moths, are thriving.—
Simeon Tegel,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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So the song is used in a scene where Lily’s tormentor begs his wife to come home.—
Coleman Spilde,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2024
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So begins an elaborate plot to infiltrate a graphic designer awards event to confront his tormentor head-on.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Persecutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persecutor. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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