harassers

noun

plural of harasser
as in torturers
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 harassers White stars can help by publicly supporting their Black colleagues, who are especially targeted by online trolls and harassers. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 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 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 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 harassers
  1. torturers
  2. teases
  3. attackers
  4. tormentors
  5. hecklers
  6. persecutors
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 torturers
Noun
  • Even though the chat took place at the Javits Center, where New York Comic Con will be held over the next few days, the point of the session was not plot teases or fan service.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The final exchange is honestly the strangest and teases what’s in store for this week’s SNL episode.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of teases
Noun
  • Investigators later determined that attackers gained control through a SIM swap involving the phone number associated with the SEC account.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Data breaches hand attackers the right facts, and generative AI can now supply a matching face and voice.
    — Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of attackers
Noun
  • Each nutty denunciation of his imaginary tormentors includes a plea for a presidential pardon.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The attacks lead to the fateful events of prom night — a famous moment from King’s original— in which Carrie, who’s become aware of growing telekinetic powers, turns her abilities on her tormenters when she’s finally pushed over the edge.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
Definition of tormentors
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 hecklers
Noun
  • Are prisoners in Nazi concentration camps not the legal owners of artworks they were forced to make by their SS persecutors?
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Honoring the undocumented and decrying their persecutors at the height of her career, against political headwinds and with nothing to gain and everything to lose, was par for her life, and a challenge for all of us to do the same.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of persecutors

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“Harassers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harassers. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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