needler
- noun
- /ˈniːdlər/
:
provocador
- Don't be such a needler during the meeting.
Examples
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She was tired of being the target of the class needler and his endless taunts.
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No one wanted to sit near the needler because he constantly provoked arguments.
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The office needler always found a way to make sarcastic comments during meetings.
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She is known as a needler among her friends.
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At the party, he couldn't help but be a needler, always making sarcastic comments to get under people's skin.
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She called her brother a needler for constantly mocking her efforts to learn the guitar.
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Everyone found him to be a needler because of his persistent teasing about their old clothes.
Synonyms
16
3.5
A person who jokes and teases others to make them laugh
10
3.5
A person who often makes fun of others in a playful way
8
9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
4
8.1
A person who tries to annoy others online or in conversation
4
8.2
A person who makes sharp, funny jokes about someone at an event
2
7.1
A person who makes fun of others to show disrespect
1
8.9
A person who posts angry, insulting messages online
1
4.5
A person who says rude or hurtful things to someone
1
8.4
A person who teases or makes fun of others to upset them
1
6.5
A person who annoys others by repeating small actions
1
8.8
A person who makes jokes to make others laugh
1
9.0
A teasing name for a person who is annoying or unpleasant
1
9.9
A person who annoys others by acting foolish
A person who laughs at others and says cruel things about them
A person who laughs at others to make them feel bad
A person who makes fun of others using sarcasm to make people laugh
A person who shows dislike by making fun of others
A person, often young, who gossips and says rude things about others
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 is very rude and annoying to other people
Antonyms
How Provoking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Needler also means someone who teases or provokes; this sense comes from the idea of a needle giving a small, annoying 'poke', so a needler is someone who 'pokes' others with words to annoy them.