RIDICULERS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

ridiculers

noun

plural of ridiculer

as in teases

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

The Harlem rapper chose 2026, after a few teases and false starts, to end an eight-year gap in his discography.

— Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Even though the chat took place at the Javits Center, where New York Comic Con will be held over the next few days, the point of the session was not plot teases or fan service.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Oct. 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

Noun

As Heron fought back and began to get the upper hand in the struggle, one of the attackers shot him, Towsley said in the video.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
One of the biggest examples came in 2024, when attackers targeted Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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