TAUNTERS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

taunters

noun

plural of taunter

as in teases

a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another he grew up to regret being a taunter in his youth, and shared his experience with his students

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Noun

They are all stuffed into selections from the adults-only section of a Spirit Halloween store and made to perform amateur strip teases for their fellow Islanders — all strapped to heart-rate monitors — to see who can raise whose heart rate the most.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 22 June 2026
Rhys teases of the finale’s contents.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026

Definition of teases

Noun

Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Definition of torturers

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The shooting may have been worse if not for the actions of a Muslim immigrant from Syria who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Three goals in the group stages confirmed Ismael Saibari as one of Africa’s most lethal attackers at the World Cup.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of attackers

Noun

That’s a little simplistic — look at San Francisco’s Scott Wiener being chased from a trans rights event by hecklers accusing him of being pro-genocide.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of hecklers

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