as in tease
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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The first tease from the film touches on that issue, with the help of photos.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026 -
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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In the whole film, every character is talking about this one person [their torturer], who is absent.—
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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Instead, the lawsuit argued, law enforcement in the area where the harasser lived should have served the papers.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Dec. 2025
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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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“Ridiculer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridiculer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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