as in harassers
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby
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Recent Examples of hecklers
Nanjiani, 44, became famous for stand-up comedy based on his real-life experiences, including growing up in Pakistan, moving to Iowa for college at 18, and dealing with racist hecklers as a Muslim post-9/11.
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Kylie Gilbert, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
That tone set the stage for the hecklers.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2025
While addressing Oakland City Council President Kevin Jenkins, Houston was interrupted by hecklers in the crowd.
—Katie Nielsen, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Every comedian has to contend with hecklers — and Adam Sandler still remembers a particularly strange jeer from his teenage stand-up days.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
Bostwick's character is famously called an a**hole by the film's hecklers.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Footage widely circulated showed the two hecklers escorted away by security.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
The hecklers came for his buddy, Rory McIlroy.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Throughout the weekend, McIlroy and other European players sparred with fans, with some, including McIlroy, yelling back at hecklers, while others reportedly flashed middle fingers in response to fans’ jeers.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Kylie Gilbert, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
That tone set the stage for the hecklers.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2025
While addressing Oakland City Council President Kevin Jenkins, Houston was interrupted by hecklers in the crowd.
—Katie Nielsen, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Every comedian has to contend with hecklers — and Adam Sandler still remembers a particularly strange jeer from his teenage stand-up days.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
Bostwick's character is famously called an a**hole by the film's hecklers.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Footage widely circulated showed the two hecklers escorted away by security.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
The hecklers came for his buddy, Rory McIlroy.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Throughout the weekend, McIlroy and other European players sparred with fans, with some, including McIlroy, yelling back at hecklers, while others reportedly flashed middle fingers in response to fans’ jeers.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hecklers
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Moreover, when harassers disproportionately target women, people of color and LGBTQ officials, entire communities are systematically excluded from participation in self-governance.—
Ernestine Nettles,
Mercury News,
22 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle, as tends to be the case with teases like this, is covered in a camouflage wrap, its still possible to make out some intriguing details.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2026
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Much like Zayn, there had, at times, been teases that Orton would be involved in the WWE title scene come WrestleMania 42.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The prisoners got out and the saw the torturers.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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As my experience showed, a heavy reliance on physical abuse makes for proficient torturers, not skilled interrogators.—
Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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And her tormentors are all abruptly, painfully departing the scene or, at the very least, becoming ensnared in one humiliation after another.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
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The mind could wander briefly about the Giants riding a two-game winning streak into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Eagles, equipped to knock off their tormentors who suddenly look vulnerable.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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As with intellectual property theft, attackers can steal or copy proprietary AI systems when AI security safeguards are not in place.—
Connie Etemadi,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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But security analysts quickly warned that WebKit vulnerabilities are especially dangerous, and will leak out to less sophisticated attackers.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Hecklers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hecklers. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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