as in harasser
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby
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Recent Examples of heckler
One heckler tried to interrupt speakers but was spoken over by them and largely ignored.
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Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
While touring the special, Edelman dealt with hecklers and haters, but mostly audience members who wanted to share with the comedian their experiences with assimilation, Judaism and antisemitism.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Two hecklers briefly interrupted Barrett’s appearance Saturday at the National Book Festival in Washington before they were escorted out by security.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Well, that’s one way to silence a heckler.
—Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
While touring the special, Edelman dealt with hecklers and haters, but mostly audience members who wanted to share with the comedian their experiences with assimilation, Judaism and antisemitism.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Two hecklers briefly interrupted Barrett’s appearance Saturday at the National Book Festival in Washington before they were escorted out by security.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Well, that’s one way to silence a heckler.
—Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heckler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heckler
Noun
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Initially, the Kruegers complained to police, but were told there was nothing the authorities could do unless the harasser tried to harm them physically.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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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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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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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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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
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“Heckler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heckler. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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