teaser

1 a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another the teasers were never satisfied until they had caused their victim to burst into tears Synonyms of teaser baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quiz, quizzer, ridiculer, taunter, tease, tormentor, torturerWords Related to teaser 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 teaser defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour); comforter, consoler, solace, soother, succorer; bodyguard, champion

2 one who is obnoxiously annoying he was by nature a teaser, someone who kept testing people to see if they could calmly bear his put-downs Synonyms of teaser annoyance, annoyer, bother, gadfly, gnawer, nudnik (also nudnick), pain, persecutor, pest, tease, nuisanceWords Related to teaser headache; harrier, heckler, interrupter (also interruptor); hassle, plague; harasser, molester, tormentor (also tormenter), torturerNear Antonyms of teaser charmer, smoothy (or smoothie); comforter, solacer, soother