harasser

noun

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 harasser Still, the star did not name her harassers. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026 Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else. — Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 There is just no defending that behavior, and the harasser/scumbag should walk the plank, so to speak. — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026 Instead, the lawsuit argued, law enforcement in the area where the harasser lived should have served the papers. — Idaho Statesman, 27 Dec. 2025 The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser. — EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Of course, that conservative approach is often wrecked by QB harassers such as Lawrence and Williams, part of a defense that ranked seventh in the NFL in sacks. — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026 On May 8, the alleged harasser, Alex Jenkinson, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court via live link and was ordered to stay away from several royal residences. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 Moreover, when harassers disproportionately target women, people of color and LGBTQ officials, entire communities are systematically excluded from participation in self-governance. — Ernestine Nettles, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harasser
  1. tease
  2. attacker
  3. torturer
  4. tormentor
  5. heckler
  6. victimizer
Noun
  • The Venice Film Festival is providing a little erotic tease ahead of its official program, screening Italian softcore thriller Deadly Sweet in its pre-opening slot ahead of this year’s event.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
  • Dancehall sounds like a tease in the dead of winter.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of tease
Noun
  • Arias had just received a yellow card after sticking out his leg to slow a Ghana attacker.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Real Madrid attacker Brahim Díaz went into the right side of the box, dragging two defenders with him before laying the ball back to Ounahi to clinically score his brace.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of attacker
Noun
  • Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of torturer
Noun
  • But her primary tormenter, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested last year under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
    — William Earl, Variety, 29 June 2026
  • So Jacob is now related to his tormentor.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Definition of tormentor
Noun
  • That’s a little simplistic — look at San Francisco’s Scott Wiener being chased from a trans rights event by hecklers accusing him of being pro-genocide.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
  • McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of heckler
Noun
  • Anyone who thinks the only alternative to being a victim is to be a victimizer is missing some important possibilities.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Even if online shaming continues, this accountability will make sure that the victimizer will face social consequences as well.
    — Eli Thompson, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of victimizer

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