persecutor

1 a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another years later his schoolyard persecutor would end up being one of his low-paid employees Synonyms of persecutor baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, tormentor, quiz, quizzer, ridiculer, taunter, tease, teaser, torturerWords Related to persecutor 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, pestNear Antonyms of persecutor defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour); comforter, consoler, solace, soother, succorer; bodyguard, champion

2 one who is obnoxiously annoying on this flight my airline-appointed persecutor was a chattering nitwit who could not stop talking about himself Synonyms of persecutor annoyance, annoyer, bother, gadfly, gnawer, nudnik (also nudnick), pain, nuisance, pest, tease, teaserWords Related to persecutor headache; harrier, heckler, interrupter (also interruptor); hassle, plague; harasser, molester, tormentor (also tormenter), torturerNear Antonyms of persecutor charmer, smoothy (or smoothie); comforter, solacer, soother