molester

noun

Definition of molesternext
1
as in rapist

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2
as in tormenter

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molester
  1. rapist
  2. predator
  3. tormentor
  4. plague
Noun
  • Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a scene in Shiori Ito’s searing documentary Black Box Diaries, in which the director, who is also the film’s subject, tells a swarm of reporters about trying to press criminal charges against her rapist.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of rapist
Noun
  • Coyotes are considered among the most successful predators in North America, with populations spread from Alaska down into Central America and east towards the Great Plains and Northeast.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • And jumping into a cage to get up close with one of the ocean's most feared and misunderstood predators: white sharks.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of predator
Noun
  • Still, putting up with a tiny tormentor even for a few days can suck.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Photo: Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix Mamet and Jackson have fabulous chemistry as the ditzy, selfish padrona intent on her own happily ever after and the lowly, devoted servant who, as social mores break down amid the chaos of the plague, learns to start advocating for herself instead of her tormentor.
    Shannon Keating, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Definition of tormentor
Noun
  • Their decline was largely due to a combination of habitat loss, diseases including the sylvatic plague and a reduction in their primary food source: prairie dogs.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The counterculture was defeated, and in its place came plague, death, and Reaganism.
    Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of plague
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