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
  • Investigators believe the attacker in 1989 was a serial rapist.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But the most sinister aspect of the movie, to me, is how banal its serial rapists are—how corny and ineffectual, these cringeworthy failsons.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of rapist
Noun
  • By coincidence, most of them met through the Headwaters Chapter 642 of Minnesota Trout Unlimited, which is ironic, perhaps, considering pike are voracious predators of trout, Young says.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The birds were also evaluated based on their foraging success and predator response.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of predator
Noun
  • As Kopek’s nameless tormentor, Jason Bateman is chilling.
    Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • From the fonts to the names of her tormentors, the clip has QT’s influence all over it.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of tormentor
Noun
  • Needless to say, Orlok will make the trip to Wisborg — arriving in Germany like a plague, with Thomas all but crawling back home to his wife behind him — long before Western society will learn to accept that denying human desire is less a collective victory than a personal self-defeat.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Otherwise, butterfly larvae would be like locusts, like a plague.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of plague
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