taunting
7
6.3
- noun
- /ˈtɔːntɪŋ/
- Offensive
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- The teacher intervened to stop the students from taunting their classmate during recess.
Examples
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Columba's taunting words about wedding nights rang in her ears and made her cheeks burn.
Fiction book (1993) -
Teachers identified many externalizing behaviors associated with negative peer relationships, which included tripping, touching, hitting, taunting, touching possessions, and otherwise provoking other students.
Academic text (2014) -
Look I can handle taunting from idiots like Steve.
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Both had been victims of taunting and bullying by school athletes.
Academic text (1999) -
The ferocity of the French taunting took him completely by surprise.
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In my situation, one class's taunting of a particular student began to get out of hand.
Academic text (1993) -
There's a time and a place for taunting and trash talking.
Blog text (30) -
For the victims of bullying, they go to school every day fearing harassment, taunting, and humiliation.
Academic text (2008) -
The taunting jeers and blows of the guards stun the men.
Academic text (1999) -
Others will be amazed at both the taunting students' and Ms. Moody's insensitivity to Marisol's and Marcus' dilemma.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
66
4.9
Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh
38
4.9
Using rude words to insult someone
27
5.5
An act of making fun of someone to show dislike
19
5.4
A remark or action that mocks someone to make them feel upset
18
2.3
Making fun of someone, often playfully but sometimes hurtfully
17
7.9
Laughing at or making fun of someone to show you do not respect them
4
6.1
Rude words or loud laughter that show dislike
2
4.5
Making fun of someone to show you do not respect them
1
8.2
Teasing or insulting someone, often in a friendly way
Words or actions meant to hurt someone
How Mocking
- Offensive
148
4.2
- Offensive
17
7.9
- Offensive
7
6.3
2
4.5
- Offensive
18
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Taunting comes from the verb taunt, which long ago meant 'to provoke' or 'to test' someone's feelings. So a taunting is an action that tries to make someone upset or get a reaction.