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
Initially, the Kruegers complained to police, but were told there was nothing the authorities could do unless the harasser tried to harm them physically.
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
—EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
—EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harasser
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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As far as researchers can tell, there were probably three attackers.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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According to the department, agents’ vehicles were boxed in, agents came under gunfire, and attackers threw bricks and paint cans at agents.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The overwhelming majority of experts dispute that torture actually works as an interrogation technique, arguing that any information that comes out of it is unreliable as people under duress will say anything needed to convince their torturers to stop.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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Half mentor, half tormentor, Alex ruled her empire from a four-poster bed — brash, brilliant, and impossible to cross.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Some members of the audience booed the heckler.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Bostwick's character is famously called an a**hole by the film's hecklers.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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“Harasser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harasser. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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