Hypertext Webster Gateway: "taunting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her. --Shak.
Syn: To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See
{Deride}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Taunting \Taunt"ing\,
a. & n. from {Taunt}, v.
Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
--Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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