Synonyms for bantering
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ban-ter |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn tər |
Top 10 synonyms for bantering Other synonyms for the word bantering
Définition of bantering
Origin :- 1670s, origin uncertain; said by Swift to be a word from London street slang. Related: Bantered; bantering. The noun is from 1680s.
- verb tease
- Now and then, he laughed in a merry way, as if he were bantering her out of something.
- Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
- This bantering is most pointed if we assume that Rosaline was dark rather than fair.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- But when the last case had been taken out, Max dropped his bantering manner.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Gilbert's voice had changed from its bantering note to a note of resolve.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- She laughed with an affectionate air, and spoke to him in a friendly, bantering way.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Then he dropped the easy, bantering manner with a suddenness that was startling.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- Hippias, catching the words, exclaimed in a bantering tone: What!
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
- She was cross and out of temper, and bore my bantering badly.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "With the child," said Lingard, disregarding the bantering tone.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- Then he turned to me with a bantering, quizzical light in his eyes.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
Antonyms for bantering
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