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persecutor

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of persecutor

1 a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
  • turned on their persecutors in defense
Synonyms of persecutor

baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, quiz, ridiculer, taunter, tease, teaser, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer
Words Related to persecutor

belittler, derider, detractor, giber (or jiber), insulter, jeerer, scoffer, scorner

smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseguy

kidder, lampooner, satirist

bother, disturber, pest
Near Antonyms of persecutor

defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour)

comforter, solace, soother

bodyguard, champion
2 one who is obnoxiously annoying
  • persecutors who call nightly with telemarketing calls
Synonyms of persecutor

annoyance, annoyer, bother, gadfly, nuisance, pain, pest, tease, teaser
Words Related to persecutor

headache

harrier, heckler, interrupter (also interruptor)

hassle, plague

harasser, molester, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer
Phrases Synonymous with persecutor

pain in the neck
Near Antonyms of persecutor

charmer, smoothy (or smoothie)

comforter, solacer, soother

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  1. Spanish Central: Translation of persecutor Britannica English: Translation of persecutor for Arabic speakers

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