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Taunting   /tˈɔntɪŋ/   Listen
Taunting

noun
1.
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing.  Synonyms: taunt, twit.
adjective
1.
Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.  Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking.  "A jeering crowd" , "Her mocking smile" , "Taunting shouts of 'coward' and 'sissy'"



Taunt

verb
(past & past part. taunted; pres. part. taunting)
1.
Harass with persistent criticism or carping.  Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, tease, twit.  "Don't ride me so hard over my failure" , "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"






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"Taunting" Quotes from Famous Books



... that he thought he could hear the taunting voice of Jellup. In feverish excitement Ned sprang upright, to find a pair of strong arms clasped about him. He did not cry out. A wave of cold fear seemed to benumb his tongue and brain. He ...
— The Air Ship Boys • H.L. Sayler

... to her that hateful whisper—that taunting, intolerable sneer; and she fled without ...
— The Knave of Diamonds • Ethel May Dell

... thrilled her while it filled her with a singular disquietude. She had dismissed Haig from her thoughts. She was sure of that. And yet through all the uproar, and in the tense silence that ensued, she heard his taunting voice: ...
— The Heart of Thunder Mountain • Edfrid A. Bingham

... her husband at Albany. They took such liberties in taunting us at our conduct in Canada that it came almost to a quarrel. We parted civilly, but coldly. I think they both have an excellent talent for making enemies, and I believe where they live they will never be long ...
— Famous Firesides of French Canada • Mary Wilson Alloway

... husband were on the beach talking of taking a walk up that way when Sally came out, it could have heard, if it would only have stood still, the sheep-bells on the slopes above reproaching it, and taunting it with its usurpation and its fruitless end. Perhaps it was because it felt ashamed that it stooped before the wind that carried the reproachful music, and drowned it in a silvery rustle. The barley succeeded the best. You listen to the next July barley-field you happen on, and ...
— Somehow Good • William de Morgan


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