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.†
p. 37.7taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
- I was passing out without looking at her, when she touched me with a taunting hand.†
p. 66.8 *
- 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?"†
p. 85.9
- In his savage taunting, he flared the candle so close at me that I turned my face aside to save it from the flame.†
p. 456.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, taunt can be used as a noun to refer to something said or done to mock, criticize, and/or tease.