Definition of taunt in English:

taunt

noun tɔːnttɔnt

A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.
pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes
Example sentencesExamples
- I was humiliated, and dealing with the endless taunts from my classmates led me to overeat.
- And due to public pressure - which came in the form of letters, phone calls, taunts, jeers and even bomb threats - the city was forced to pull the plug on the project.
- The character voices and taunts are annoying and lame.
- How many taunts, threats or downright abusive remarks have been reluctantly swallowed with a fatalistic shrug?
- The fact that there was perhaps some justification to the taunts of the veterans angered him.
- However, my racial background did not bring taunts from my classmates.
- She has lived with stones thrown through the front window of her Athy home, taunts and jeers, media hostility and the utter loneliness of no contact with her family and much loved daughters.
- Sandra stayed at home, away from the taunts and jibes of her white schoolfellows, and illicitly befriended the children of the family's black nanny.
- I phrased it as a sarcastic taunt, but I genuinely wanted to know the answer.
- Throughout his high school years in the nearby town of Bay Minette, he weathered the taunts and teases of classmates for being gay.
- Meanwhile, the Polish-born Sophie is made miserable by the racist taunts of classmates.
- They returned to the hall in time for the next item on the agenda, amid jeers and taunts from the Treasury benches.
- No. To me the idea that words or taunts can enrage somebody to kill and act out of anger, and our judicial system says that's okay, is barbaric.
- There is a provocative bunch of yobs among their exports, while not listed soccer thugs, still ignite tempers by taunts and tease and then claim innocence when the law steps in.
- I'm finding it difficult to get myself motivated for the game, but if only to avoid the taunts and jeers of the Magyar Armchair Brigade, I'm hoping for at least a draw.
- And Stine just kept right on provoking him with taunts and derision.
- Fans still trade abusive taunts and many thankfully can still take a bit of name-calling without crying to the authorities.
- Each character also has their share of taunts, but the taunts get repetitive quickly and become annoying.
- Her first day was filled with jeering and taunts but she remained patient with them.
- The eldest son in his family, Mohan had a bad time at school because his speech was the focus of many unkind taunts from his classmates.
Synonyms
jeer, gibe, sneer, insult, barb, catcall, brickbat, scoff, slap in the face
(taunts), teasing, taunting, provocation, goading, ridiculing, derision, mockery, sarcasm
informal dig, put-down
Cricket, informal sledge

verb tɔːnttɔnt

[with object]

1Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.
pupils began taunting her about her weight
Example sentencesExamples
- He had insulted her, taunted her, hurt her, broken her down, threatened her…
- She began to tease and taunt him by playing with his locks.
- A thousand ways to insult and taunt him came to my mind, but I kept quiet.
- She began to taunt me, of all people, for actually trying not to get her killed, which didn't rank her high on my good side at that moment.
- The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again.
- His odd appearance and manner attracted the attention of local children, who would continually taunt him, provoking him to lose his temper and damage property.
- This might also be when parents or other adults constantly use sarcasm, threaten, criticise, yell at or taunt a child.
- The British used it to taunt the Americans, the Americans then used the same version back ironically to taunt the British.
- Moments later the twins came by and true to their word, began to taunt Nicholas.
- From afar they began to taunt the crowd in the square, chanting, ‘We own this country now,’ and ordering the people in the opposition crowd to return to their homes.
- The seven man, five woman jury rejected a call to convict him of manslaughter on the grounds of his claims that he was provoked by his wife taunting him about affairs.
- When my mum wasn't in the room he would always say snide remarks, taunting me.
- She'd sat by her car, waiting while snickering students passed by, taunting her for what she couldn't understand and could care less about.
- Imagine if your colleagues all began to taunt you, all of the time, every day.
- It was under the pressure of people in the audience hurling drunken comments, taunting him, wanting him to fail, expecting him to fall apart.
- They began taunting the friends and threatening them, before launching a physical attack.
- But he was unable to speak or write Marathi and fellow students taunted him.
- The three surrounded her; began shoving and taunting her.
- When he finally made it to the stage to alternately flip his hair and continue sneering, he began taunting the crowd and encouraging them to pump their fists - then the sound promptly gave out.
- For instance, while waiting once on the on-deck circle in Boston, a fan began taunting him.
Synonyms
jeer at, gibe at, sneer at, scoff at, poke fun at, make fun of, get at, insult, tease, chaff, torment, provoke, goad, ridicule, deride, mock, heckle
North American ride
informal rib, needle, put down, hassle, rag, guy
Cricket, informal sledge
dated make sport of
1. 1.1 Reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way.
  you once taunted me taunted me with cowardice because I dared not face the world and conquer it
  Example sentencesExamples
  They knew this as well, so they taunted me with their sharp swords and barbed words.
  True, not everybody loves her; there are some who taunt her with sarcastic parodies, bilious caricatures, and scathing articles.
  He loathes food critics, loves a fight and taunts women with his arrogance and charm.
  One day at school a boy taunted him with the story that his mother had killed herself.

Derivatives

taunter

noun ˈtɔːntəˈtɔn(t)ər

They will be aided in their dark deed by the union of circus clowns, who, beneath their veneer of jollity, are brutal and merciless taunters of the innocent.
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, step in and tell the taunters to clear off and get a life - you might just make a good friend.
- Some officers try to talk sense into the taunters.
- In the eyes of the taunter, the subject is not human.
- Ed responded to my message with all the wit of a schoolyard taunter (I refer interested parties to his blog for the full exchange) complete with schoolyard back up.

tauntingly

adverbˈtɔːntɪŋliˈtɔn(t)ɪŋli

But the common man has begun to realize that the overbearing sight of security personnel, looking tauntingly at the average citizen, is done at the public's cost.
Example sentencesExamples
- I thought I saw them collectively turn their floppy heads tauntingly in my direction.
- Then he said, tauntingly, ‘I see you still carry that stick everywhere, and, do my eyes deceive me?’

Origin

Early 16th century: from French tant pour tant 'like for like, tit for tat', from tant 'so much', from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was 'exchange banter'.

Taunt is probably from French tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’. An early use of the verb was ‘exchange banter, retort with banter’.

Rhymes

avaunt, daunt, flaunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt, vaunt

Definition of taunt in US English:

taunt

nountɔnttônt

A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.
Example sentencesExamples
- How many taunts, threats or downright abusive remarks have been reluctantly swallowed with a fatalistic shrug?
- Throughout his high school years in the nearby town of Bay Minette, he weathered the taunts and teases of classmates for being gay.
- And due to public pressure - which came in the form of letters, phone calls, taunts, jeers and even bomb threats - the city was forced to pull the plug on the project.
- I'm finding it difficult to get myself motivated for the game, but if only to avoid the taunts and jeers of the Magyar Armchair Brigade, I'm hoping for at least a draw.
- Meanwhile, the Polish-born Sophie is made miserable by the racist taunts of classmates.
- And Stine just kept right on provoking him with taunts and derision.
- Her first day was filled with jeering and taunts but she remained patient with them.
- The character voices and taunts are annoying and lame.
- Each character also has their share of taunts, but the taunts get repetitive quickly and become annoying.
- However, my racial background did not bring taunts from my classmates.
- No. To me the idea that words or taunts can enrage somebody to kill and act out of anger, and our judicial system says that's okay, is barbaric.
- She has lived with stones thrown through the front window of her Athy home, taunts and jeers, media hostility and the utter loneliness of no contact with her family and much loved daughters.
- The fact that there was perhaps some justification to the taunts of the veterans angered him.
- I phrased it as a sarcastic taunt, but I genuinely wanted to know the answer.
- There is a provocative bunch of yobs among their exports, while not listed soccer thugs, still ignite tempers by taunts and tease and then claim innocence when the law steps in.
- The eldest son in his family, Mohan had a bad time at school because his speech was the focus of many unkind taunts from his classmates.
- I was humiliated, and dealing with the endless taunts from my classmates led me to overeat.
- Sandra stayed at home, away from the taunts and jibes of her white schoolfellows, and illicitly befriended the children of the family's black nanny.
- They returned to the hall in time for the next item on the agenda, amid jeers and taunts from the Treasury benches.
- Fans still trade abusive taunts and many thankfully can still take a bit of name-calling without crying to the authorities.
Synonyms
jeer, gibe, sneer, insult, barb, catcall, brickbat, scoff, slap in the face

verbtɔnttônt

[with object]

1Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.
students began taunting her about her weight
Example sentencesExamples
- Moments later the twins came by and true to their word, began to taunt Nicholas.
- His odd appearance and manner attracted the attention of local children, who would continually taunt him, provoking him to lose his temper and damage property.
- When my mum wasn't in the room he would always say snide remarks, taunting me.
- The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again.
- She'd sat by her car, waiting while snickering students passed by, taunting her for what she couldn't understand and could care less about.
- The three surrounded her; began shoving and taunting her.
- For instance, while waiting once on the on-deck circle in Boston, a fan began taunting him.
- But he was unable to speak or write Marathi and fellow students taunted him.
- It was under the pressure of people in the audience hurling drunken comments, taunting him, wanting him to fail, expecting him to fall apart.
- She began to tease and taunt him by playing with his locks.
- A thousand ways to insult and taunt him came to my mind, but I kept quiet.
- The seven man, five woman jury rejected a call to convict him of manslaughter on the grounds of his claims that he was provoked by his wife taunting him about affairs.
- When he finally made it to the stage to alternately flip his hair and continue sneering, he began taunting the crowd and encouraging them to pump their fists - then the sound promptly gave out.
- From afar they began to taunt the crowd in the square, chanting, ‘We own this country now,’ and ordering the people in the opposition crowd to return to their homes.
- She began to taunt me, of all people, for actually trying not to get her killed, which didn't rank her high on my good side at that moment.
- He had insulted her, taunted her, hurt her, broken her down, threatened her…
- They began taunting the friends and threatening them, before launching a physical attack.
- The British used it to taunt the Americans, the Americans then used the same version back ironically to taunt the British.
- This might also be when parents or other adults constantly use sarcasm, threaten, criticise, yell at or taunt a child.
- Imagine if your colleagues all began to taunt you, all of the time, every day.
Synonyms
jeer at, gibe at, sneer at, scoff at, poke fun at, make fun of, get at, insult, tease, chaff, torment, provoke, goad, ridicule, deride, mock, heckle
1. 1.1 Reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way.
  you once taunted me taunted me with cowardice because I dared not face the world and conquer it
  Example sentencesExamples
  He loathes food critics, loves a fight and taunts women with his arrogance and charm.
  True, not everybody loves her; there are some who taunt her with sarcastic parodies, bilious caricatures, and scathing articles.
  One day at school a boy taunted him with the story that his mother had killed herself.
  They knew this as well, so they taunted me with their sharp swords and barbed words.

Origin

Early 16th century: from French tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’, from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was ‘exchange banter’.

单词	taunt
释义	Definition of taunt in English: taunt noun tɔːnttɔnt A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone. pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes Example sentencesExamples I was humiliated, and dealing with the endless taunts from my classmates led me to overeat. And due to public pressure - which came in the form of letters, phone calls, taunts, jeers and even bomb threats - the city was forced to pull the plug on the project. The character voices and taunts are annoying and lame. How many taunts, threats or downright abusive remarks have been reluctantly swallowed with a fatalistic shrug? The fact that there was perhaps some justification to the taunts of the veterans angered him. However, my racial background did not bring taunts from my classmates. She has lived with stones thrown through the front window of her Athy home, taunts and jeers, media hostility and the utter loneliness of no contact with her family and much loved daughters. Sandra stayed at home, away from the taunts and jibes of her white schoolfellows, and illicitly befriended the children of the family's black nanny. I phrased it as a sarcastic taunt, but I genuinely wanted to know the answer. Throughout his high school years in the nearby town of Bay Minette, he weathered the taunts and teases of classmates for being gay. Meanwhile, the Polish-born Sophie is made miserable by the racist taunts of classmates. They returned to the hall in time for the next item on the agenda, amid jeers and taunts from the Treasury benches. No. To me the idea that words or taunts can enrage somebody to kill and act out of anger, and our judicial system says that's okay, is barbaric. There is a provocative bunch of yobs among their exports, while not listed soccer thugs, still ignite tempers by taunts and tease and then claim innocence when the law steps in. I'm finding it difficult to get myself motivated for the game, but if only to avoid the taunts and jeers of the Magyar Armchair Brigade, I'm hoping for at least a draw. And Stine just kept right on provoking him with taunts and derision. Fans still trade abusive taunts and many thankfully can still take a bit of name-calling without crying to the authorities. Each character also has their share of taunts, but the taunts get repetitive quickly and become annoying. Her first day was filled with jeering and taunts but she remained patient with them. The eldest son in his family, Mohan had a bad time at school because his speech was the focus of many unkind taunts from his classmates. Synonyms jeer, gibe, sneer, insult, barb, catcall, brickbat, scoff, slap in the face (taunts), teasing, taunting, provocation, goading, ridiculing, derision, mockery, sarcasm informal dig, put-down Cricket, informal sledge verb tɔːnttɔnt [with object] 1Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks. pupils began taunting her about her weight Example sentencesExamples He had insulted her, taunted her, hurt her, broken her down, threatened her… She began to tease and taunt him by playing with his locks. A thousand ways to insult and taunt him came to my mind, but I kept quiet. She began to taunt me, of all people, for actually trying not to get her killed, which didn't rank her high on my good side at that moment. The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again. His odd appearance and manner attracted the attention of local children, who would continually taunt him, provoking him to lose his temper and damage property. This might also be when parents or other adults constantly use sarcasm, threaten, criticise, yell at or taunt a child. The British used it to taunt the Americans, the Americans then used the same version back ironically to taunt the British. Moments later the twins came by and true to their word, began to taunt Nicholas. From afar they began to taunt the crowd in the square, chanting, ‘We own this country now,’ and ordering the people in the opposition crowd to return to their homes. The seven man, five woman jury rejected a call to convict him of manslaughter on the grounds of his claims that he was provoked by his wife taunting him about affairs. When my mum wasn't in the room he would always say snide remarks, taunting me. She'd sat by her car, waiting while snickering students passed by, taunting her for what she couldn't understand and could care less about. Imagine if your colleagues all began to taunt you, all of the time, every day. It was under the pressure of people in the audience hurling drunken comments, taunting him, wanting him to fail, expecting him to fall apart. They began taunting the friends and threatening them, before launching a physical attack. But he was unable to speak or write Marathi and fellow students taunted him. The three surrounded her; began shoving and taunting her. When he finally made it to the stage to alternately flip his hair and continue sneering, he began taunting the crowd and encouraging them to pump their fists - then the sound promptly gave out. For instance, while waiting once on the on-deck circle in Boston, a fan began taunting him. Synonyms jeer at, gibe at, sneer at, scoff at, poke fun at, make fun of, get at, insult, tease, chaff, torment, provoke, goad, ridicule, deride, mock, heckle North American ride informal rib, needle, put down, hassle, rag, guy Cricket, informal sledge dated make sport of 1.1 Reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way. you once taunted me taunted me with cowardice because I dared not face the world and conquer it Example sentencesExamples They knew this as well, so they taunted me with their sharp swords and barbed words. True, not everybody loves her; there are some who taunt her with sarcastic parodies, bilious caricatures, and scathing articles. He loathes food critics, loves a fight and taunts women with his arrogance and charm. One day at school a boy taunted him with the story that his mother had killed herself. Derivatives taunter noun ˈtɔːntəˈtɔn(t)ər They will be aided in their dark deed by the union of circus clowns, who, beneath their veneer of jollity, are brutal and merciless taunters of the innocent. Example sentencesExamples Instead, step in and tell the taunters to clear off and get a life - you might just make a good friend. Some officers try to talk sense into the taunters. In the eyes of the taunter, the subject is not human. Ed responded to my message with all the wit of a schoolyard taunter (I refer interested parties to his blog for the full exchange) complete with schoolyard back up. tauntingly adverbˈtɔːntɪŋliˈtɔn(t)ɪŋli But the common man has begun to realize that the overbearing sight of security personnel, looking tauntingly at the average citizen, is done at the public's cost. Example sentencesExamples I thought I saw them collectively turn their floppy heads tauntingly in my direction. Then he said, tauntingly, ‘I see you still carry that stick everywhere, and, do my eyes deceive me?’ Origin Early 16th century: from French tant pour tant 'like for like, tit for tat', from tant 'so much', from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was 'exchange banter'. Taunt is probably from French tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’. An early use of the verb was ‘exchange banter, retort with banter’. Rhymes avaunt, daunt, flaunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt, vaunt Definition of taunt in US English: taunt nountɔnttônt A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone. Example sentencesExamples How many taunts, threats or downright abusive remarks have been reluctantly swallowed with a fatalistic shrug? Throughout his high school years in the nearby town of Bay Minette, he weathered the taunts and teases of classmates for being gay. And due to public pressure - which came in the form of letters, phone calls, taunts, jeers and even bomb threats - the city was forced to pull the plug on the project. I'm finding it difficult to get myself motivated for the game, but if only to avoid the taunts and jeers of the Magyar Armchair Brigade, I'm hoping for at least a draw. Meanwhile, the Polish-born Sophie is made miserable by the racist taunts of classmates. And Stine just kept right on provoking him with taunts and derision. Her first day was filled with jeering and taunts but she remained patient with them. The character voices and taunts are annoying and lame. Each character also has their share of taunts, but the taunts get repetitive quickly and become annoying. However, my racial background did not bring taunts from my classmates. No. To me the idea that words or taunts can enrage somebody to kill and act out of anger, and our judicial system says that's okay, is barbaric. She has lived with stones thrown through the front window of her Athy home, taunts and jeers, media hostility and the utter loneliness of no contact with her family and much loved daughters. The fact that there was perhaps some justification to the taunts of the veterans angered him. I phrased it as a sarcastic taunt, but I genuinely wanted to know the answer. There is a provocative bunch of yobs among their exports, while not listed soccer thugs, still ignite tempers by taunts and tease and then claim innocence when the law steps in. The eldest son in his family, Mohan had a bad time at school because his speech was the focus of many unkind taunts from his classmates. I was humiliated, and dealing with the endless taunts from my classmates led me to overeat. Sandra stayed at home, away from the taunts and jibes of her white schoolfellows, and illicitly befriended the children of the family's black nanny. They returned to the hall in time for the next item on the agenda, amid jeers and taunts from the Treasury benches. Fans still trade abusive taunts and many thankfully can still take a bit of name-calling without crying to the authorities. Synonyms jeer, gibe, sneer, insult, barb, catcall, brickbat, scoff, slap in the face verbtɔnttônt [with object] 1Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks. students began taunting her about her weight Example sentencesExamples Moments later the twins came by and true to their word, began to taunt Nicholas. His odd appearance and manner attracted the attention of local children, who would continually taunt him, provoking him to lose his temper and damage property. When my mum wasn't in the room he would always say snide remarks, taunting me. The last thing we want is to put ourselves in the position where he is taunted or provoked and reacts again. She'd sat by her car, waiting while snickering students passed by, taunting her for what she couldn't understand and could care less about. The three surrounded her; began shoving and taunting her. For instance, while waiting once on the on-deck circle in Boston, a fan began taunting him. But he was unable to speak or write Marathi and fellow students taunted him. It was under the pressure of people in the audience hurling drunken comments, taunting him, wanting him to fail, expecting him to fall apart. She began to tease and taunt him by playing with his locks. A thousand ways to insult and taunt him came to my mind, but I kept quiet. The seven man, five woman jury rejected a call to convict him of manslaughter on the grounds of his claims that he was provoked by his wife taunting him about affairs. When he finally made it to the stage to alternately flip his hair and continue sneering, he began taunting the crowd and encouraging them to pump their fists - then the sound promptly gave out. From afar they began to taunt the crowd in the square, chanting, ‘We own this country now,’ and ordering the people in the opposition crowd to return to their homes. She began to taunt me, of all people, for actually trying not to get her killed, which didn't rank her high on my good side at that moment. He had insulted her, taunted her, hurt her, broken her down, threatened her… They began taunting the friends and threatening them, before launching a physical attack. The British used it to taunt the Americans, the Americans then used the same version back ironically to taunt the British. This might also be when parents or other adults constantly use sarcasm, threaten, criticise, yell at or taunt a child. Imagine if your colleagues all began to taunt you, all of the time, every day. Synonyms jeer at, gibe at, sneer at, scoff at, poke fun at, make fun of, get at, insult, tease, chaff, torment, provoke, goad, ridicule, deride, mock, heckle 1.1 Reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way. you once taunted me taunted me with cowardice because I dared not face the world and conquer it Example sentencesExamples He loathes food critics, loves a fight and taunts women with his arrogance and charm. True, not everybody loves her; there are some who taunt her with sarcastic parodies, bilious caricatures, and scathing articles. One day at school a boy taunted him with the story that his mother had killed herself. They knew this as well, so they taunted me with their sharp swords and barbed words. Origin Early 16th century: from French tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’, from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was ‘exchange banter’.
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