1
as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
I try to ignore the rude comments baiters leave on the website
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2
as in seducer
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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Recent Examples of baiter
Judging by the public reaction, this was only the endgame for the royal race-baiters.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
For many Democrats, however, Kirk was an offensive rage-baiter and the face of the MAGA movement's combative style.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
For many Democrats, however, Kirk was an offensive rage-baiter and the face of the MAGA movement's combative style.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baiter
Noun
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The follow-up tease showed someone holding a bunch of wires, insinuating that her costume likely has some animatronics involved.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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The label on this one is like a tease.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.—
Robert Eggers,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His solicitor informed the judge there would be no application for bail at this stage, and that an Arabic interpreter had been booked to assist him during the proceedings, The Irish Times reported.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The solicitor said key forensic evidence remains pending, writing that most of Dickey’s 40 prior arrests occurred outside his jurisdiction.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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It might have been produced, and not merely set, in a torturer’s basement.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Simply the possibility of taking some kind of revenge on the man who may or may not have been their torturer suddenly becomes an existential fact each person must confront in his or her own way.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The mind could wander briefly about the Giants riding a two-game winning streak into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Eagles, equipped to knock off their tormentors who suddenly look vulnerable.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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On the Met’s stage, the writer — called, say, Jamal Khashoggi — would be sung by a heroic tenor, his tormentor by a demonic baritone.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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The grounds once housed the elaborate palace of first century Roman Emperor Domitian, a persecutor of Christians.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Baiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baiter. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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