to taunt
93
5.8
- verb
- /tɔnt/
- Offensive
:
burlarse de
- The older kids liked to taunt the younger students by making fun of their clothes.
- taunt and mock
- taunt and ridicule
- teasing and taunting
And these people were my friends, and they taunted me mercilessly, right?
- And these people were my friends, and they taunted me mercilessly, right?
- No, but that he had run and his parents used to taunt him.
- We we watched recently they made a meat carrot, I guess to taunt and humiliate, to belittle vegans.
- Trump, up to this point hadn't said a word about Lev Parnas, even though Parnas taunted him on TV saying this.
- It was very smart from his part to he taunt Jose Aldo.
- Say you're interested in black tears and that you want to taunt people when they're black and they cry.
- He sits down and taunts and laughs at the animals till they die for hours.
- So with that, I will leave you with a slide of me on my sunny California beach and to taunt you and say thank you.
- A lot of a lot of the people who worked with them get the video sent to them during or after to taunt.
Examples
-
"You're looking a little anxious," taunted Nelock, the only officer aboard the ship's boat.
Fiction book (1992) -
" You want some more, junior?" I taunted, "there's plenty more where that came from."
Academic text (2009) -
Yeah, but you just really seem to taunt their employees.
-
The weird part is that the guy called us up and had the stones to taunt us after he did what he did.
-
They're doing this on purpose to taunt you.
-
Overconfident, and possibly drunk, they taunt him.
-
And then he taunts you and feeds off your fear.
-
She said the children were taunting her.
-
He's taunting us!
-
Negative sportsmanship behaviors included taunting opponents, yelling at referees, and acts of excessive aggression.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
543
2.1
To say or do something rude to someone
307
2.3
Laugh at someone or say things that make them feel embarrassed
245
1.9
To make fun of someone in a way that annoys them
144
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
108
4.6
To make someone look silly in a mean way so others laugh at them
62
7.5
To annoy someone by criticizing them again and again
41
4.4
Attack an enemy again and again in small ways to wear them down
35
6.8
To tease someone to make them angry or upset
31
7.6
To make someone angry or unfriendly
25
3.9
To make jokes about someone to make them look silly
23
3.4
To make jokes about someone, sometimes to be playful and sometimes to be unkind
14
6.2
To laugh at someone and shout rude words to show you do not respect them
8
7.7
To annoy someone by teasing them repeatedly
5
9.1
To tease someone in a playful or annoying way
5
5.2
To tease someone repeatedly in a friendly way
4
9.8
To tease someone again and again with small mean remarks
2
7.5
To laugh at someone and say unkind things about them
1
7.2
To tease someone repeatedly, either playfully or cruelly
1
8.2
To tease someone with repeated mean or mocking remarks
1
9.1
To tease someone by making jokes about them in a friendly way
1
9.0
To tease or nag someone, often in a playful way
To criticize someone angrily using harsh words
Laugh at someone or treat something serious as a joke
To tease or nag someone in a way that annoys them
Antonyms
How Mocking
- Offensive
414
6.1
- Offensive
108
4.6
- Offensive
93
5.8
- Offensive
209
3.4
245
1.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Taunt comes from an old French verb tancer, which meant 'to scold' or 'blame'. So to taunt someone is like poking them with words—mocking or scolding them to make them react or feel upset.