Synonyms for taunting
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : tawnt, tahnt |
Phonetic Transcription : tɔnt, tɑnt |
Top 10 synonyms for taunting Other synonyms for the word taunting
Définition of taunting
Origin :- 1520s, from taunt (v.).
- verb provoke, reproach; tease
- Only two days since he had heard the taunting “Dance, freshy!”
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- But the boys only laughed, and began again the taunting song.
- Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
- Scott, now taunting Levake openly, stepped directly in front of him.
- Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
- And mock'd, with taunting scorn, the tearsThat bathed a father's cheek.
- Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark
- The taunting words "spare your country's flag" have struck home.
- Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
- He would seem to them to be taunting them, and, in truth, he was.
- Extract from : « The Eyes of the Woods » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Then he exulted, taunting them, not in words, but with his thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Eyes of the Woods » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The taunting voice was always in the boss's ears, goading him to blind fury.
- Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
- Then she took to taunting Heliet with her lameness, but Heliet kept her temper.
- Extract from : « A Forgotten Hero » by Emily Sarah Holt
- It seemed as though he were taunting the Solar Guard with his exploits.
- Extract from : « On the Trail of the Space Pirates » by Carey Rockwell
Antonyms for taunting
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