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Taunt
tɔːnt
Taunt definitions
noun
taunt
taunts
- a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone
"pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes"
verb
taunt
taunted
taunting
taunts
- provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks
"they taunted me about my height"
jeer at gibe at sneer at scoff at poke fun at make fun of get at insult tease chaff torment provoke goad ridicule deride mock heckle- reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way
"you once taunted me taunted me with cowardice because I dared not face the world and conquer it"