Antonyms for taunt

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : tawnt, tahnt

Phonetic Transcription : tɔnt, tɑnt

Definition of taunt

Origin : 1510s, possibly from Middle French tanter, tenter "to tempt, try, provoke," variant of tempter "to try" (see tempt). Or from Middle French tant pour tant "so much for so much, tit for tat," on notion of "sarcastic rejoinder." Related: Taunted; taunting.

noun provocation; teasing
verb provoke, reproach; tease

Example sentences :

Herkimer's tanned and swarthy face changed color at this taunt.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

None but cowards will insult and taunt the defeated and defenceless.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

I had already forgiven you, even before you ceased to reproach and taunt me.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

When you taunt me as you do to my face, how can I wonder that you taunt her behind her back!'
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

"You've never asked me to marry you," she said quietly, this time without a taunt.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

The taunt hurt him, too, like unclean words from lips beloved.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

And though Owen overheard the taunt, he felt no inclination to notice it.
Extract from : « St. Patrick's Eve » by Charles James Lever

Who but a coward, sir, would come thus to taunt a man like me?
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

And with this taunt the carriage stopped at the door of the inn.
Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

I meant to have taken some, but your taunt has turned me to steel.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Synonyms for taunt

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