Thesaurus results for INTIMIDATOR

intimidator

noun

Definition of intimidator

as in bully

a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him

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Recent Examples of intimidator All the while, Sarah is being hunted by corporate intimidators Dawson (Sam Worthington) and Rosetti (Willa Fitzgerald), who want to ensure her silence. — EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Conceived as a relentless bully of Arnold, Helga was one of the richer, more complex characters to come out of a kids’ cartoon in its or any era.

— Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
The Panthers went from weakling to bully, while the Falcons transformed from laughingstock to punch line.

— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of bully

Noun

Drawing on authoritarianism scholars, the piece contends that linking criticism of Trump to hostility toward America can stigmatize dissent and make opponents appear to be enemies of the country.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
One of them, journalist Tomas, goes public with the information, unleashing powerful enemies.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of enemy

Noun

But conservatives could only focus on race, Hancock said, because the idea of a Black welfare abuser has worked for them for decades.

— Laura Turbay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
The media has overwhelming taken Wilson's side, even after the man was proven innocent, and players like Chicago Sky's Natasha Cloud claimed the fan may be a domestic abuser.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of abuser

Noun

Parton’s ability to become the harasser without falling into some version of male drag makes this short sequence far superior to the many films with a similar premise that followed.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
White stars can help by publicly supporting their Black colleagues, who are especially targeted by online trolls and harassers.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of harasser

Noun

The residents occasionally gather in a disused rec center but the meetings devolve into rants about immigrants, junkies, thugs and vigilantism.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
That a Christian man was responsible for the devastation in Oklahoma City certainly didn’t matter to the thugs who terrorized a Muslim woman there, nearly seven months pregnant, by attacking her home, breaking her windows, screaming religious slurs.

— Reshma Memon Yaqub, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

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