Definition of taunt

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Taunt (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.

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Tauntingly :: Tauntingly (adv.) In a taunting manner.
Provoke :: Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate..
Taunt :: Taunt (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
Ataunt :: Ataunt (adv.) Alt. of Ataunt.
Gibe :: Gibe (n.) An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..
Improperation :: Improperation (n.) The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.
Ataunto :: Ataunto (adv.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right..
Scurrile :: Scurrile (a.) Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
Quip :: Quip (v. i.) To scoff; to use taunts.
Taunting :: Taunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Taun.
Quip :: Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe..
Jeer :: Jeer (v. t.) To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt..
Twit :: Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood..
Quip :: Quip (v. t.) To taunt; to treat with quips.
Taunted :: Taunted (imp. & p. p.) of Taun.
Taunting :: Taunting () a. & n. from Taunt, v..
Gibe :: Gibe (v. i.) To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff..
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