baiter
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪtər/
- Slang
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provocador
- During the debate, some participants acted as baiters, aiming to annoy their opponents.
- race-baiter
- Jew-baiter
- red-baiter
Among those involved, far right and far left groups, race baiters and some everyday Brits who are just fed up.
- Among those involved, far right and far left groups, race baiters and some everyday Brits who are just fed up.
- By week's end, protests would break out across the UK, among those involved, far right and far left groups, race baiters and some everyday Brits.
Examples
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We shouldn't want the likes of that philandering, plagiarizing, immoral race baiter in our party.
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Among those involved, far right and far left groups, race baiters and some everyday Brits who are just fed up.
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Sharpton is no more than a race baiter; that is how he makes his living.
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AlphaLiberal, you are a race baiter. That makes you a racist in my book.
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Sharpton is a race baiter always looking for the race angle, and who cares what he thinks about Allen West!
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Not so; Sharpton is an opportunist and a race baiter; always was, always will be.
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We talked about the rise of Kendi and D'Angelo and all these, you know, race baiters on on the left.
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The usual suspect race-baiters, Jackson, Sharpton, and Farrakhan, will smear anyone who tries to expose and dispute this trash.
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The online forum is filled with baiters who try to provoke arguments among users.
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She noticed that many baiters would deliberately post inflammatory comments to upset others.
Synonyms
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6.4
A person who posts messages to annoy or upset others online
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8.8
A person who on purpose causes trouble or makes others do wrong
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6.3
A person who repeatedly bothers, threatens, or scares others
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4.1
A person who jokes with others in a playful but annoying way
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8.9
A person who posts angry, insulting messages online
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4.5
A person who says rude or hurtful things to someone
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7.5
A person who starts trouble on purpose to make others react
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7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
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8.4
A person who teases or makes fun of others to upset them
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6.5
A person who annoys others by repeating small actions
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7.3
A person who posts angry or attacking comments online without acting in real life
A person who says things that make people angry or start fights
A person who teases others with comments meant to annoy
A person who keeps asking questions to annoy someone and will not stop
A person who annoys others by asking too many questions or interrupting them
A person who bothers others by teasing and making fun
A person who makes annoying or threatening phone calls to upset others
A person who causes anger or arguments between people
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
Antonyms
How Provoking
- Literature
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8.5
12
6.8
- Offensive
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6.4
- Slang
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- Informal
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Baiter comes from the word bait meaning 'lure' and the ending -er meaning 'one who'. Imagine someone putting out bait to make fish bite — a baiter puts out words to make people 'bite' by reacting, so a baiter is someone who tries to annoy or provoke others.