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baiter
baiter
noun
Definition of BAITER
1
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another <vowed revenge someday on the baiters who were making his life miserable>
Synonyms baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quiz, quizzer, ridiculer, taunter, tease, teaser, torturer
Related Words belittler, derider, detractor, giber (or jiber), insulter, jeerer, scoffer, scorner; trash-talker; smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseguy; kidder, lampooner, satirist; accuser, blamer, troublemaker; assailant, attacker, molester, victimizer; bother, disturber, pest
2
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire <my sister is quite the mischievous baiter, always offering candy even though she knows I'm on a diet>
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