All 4 Uses of
taunt
in
Great Expectations
- The other, always working and working his dry lips and turning his eyes restlessly about him far and near, did at last turn them for a moment on the speaker, with the words, "You are not much to look at," and with a half-taunting glance at the bound hands.†
Chpt 5
- I was passing out without looking at her, when she touched me with a taunting hand.†
Chpt 8 *
- As we were going with our candle along the dark passage, Estella stopped all of a sudden, and, facing round, said in her taunting manner, with her face quite close to mine,— "Well?"†
Chpt 11
- In his savage taunting, he flared the candle so close at me that I turned my face aside to save it from the flame.†
Chpt 53
Definition:
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(taunt) to intentionally anger, challenge, or upset someone -- especially by mocking them or hurling insults
or (as a noun): an insult or other action intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone