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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Taunt \Taunt\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Taunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taunting}.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See {Tempt}.] To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her. --Shak.
Syn: To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See {Deride}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Taunting \Taunt"ing\, a. & n. from {Taunt}, v.
Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
taunting
adjective: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of 'coward' and 'sissy'" [syn: {derisive}, {gibelike}, {jeering}, {mocking}]
noun: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: {twit}, {taunt}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "taunting": banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling, grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, teasing, twitting
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