taunting

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taunting - 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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  Taunting \Taunt"ing\,
     a. & n. from Taunt, v.
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           Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
                                                    --Burke.
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taunting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  taunting
      adj 1: 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, taunting]
      n 1: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn:
           twit, taunt, taunting]

taunting - 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