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for taunting
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Taunt \Taunt\, v. t. [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.
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When I had at my pleasure taunted her. --Shak.
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Syn: To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See
Deride.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Taunting \Taunt"ing\,
a. & n. from Taunt, v.
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Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
--Burke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
taunting
adj : 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]
n : aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: twit,
taunt]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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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