as in teases
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
any person of great vision has his or her ridiculers, who inevitably fail to appreciate genius and originality
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Noun
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Typically said when someone copies a trend, latches onto a friend's obsession, or just teases in a playful way.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025 -
The teases of matches with Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes had fans excited for another in-ring run.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Each regime, from the Pahlavi dynasty to the Islamic Republic, claimed to uphold human rights and castigated its predecessors as torturers, only to ratchet up the incarceration of political opponents.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Prosecutors describe the laws as an invaluable tool against would-be attackers, but civil liberties groups have long complained of overreach.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In several cases, attackers gained access through third-party tools, including unmanaged AI assistants, that stored sensitive prompts on external servers.—
Mark Doble,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Ridiculers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridiculers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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