英语词汇“taunting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

taunttaunt1 /tɔnt, tɑnt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYtaunt¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French tenter to try, tempt

VERB TABLE

taunt

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	taunt
	he, she, it	taunts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	taunted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have taunted
	he, she, it	has taunted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had taunted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will taunt
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have taunted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am taunting
	he, she, it	is taunting
	you, we, they	are taunting
Past	I, he, she, it	was taunting
	you, we, they	were taunting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been taunting
	he, she, it	has been taunting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been taunting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be taunting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been taunting

to try to make someone angry or upset by saying things that are not nice: The older boys taunted Chris and called him a girl.—taunting adjective—tauntingly adverb