taunter

a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another tired of always being the butt of their jokes, he decided to get back at his taunters Synonyms baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quiz, quizzer, ridiculer, tormentor, tease, teaser, torturerRelated Words 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 defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour); comforter, consoler, solace, soother, succorer; bodyguard, champion