Both Uses of
taunt
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- But suddenly, as her dilated, frightened eyes gazed out over the audience, she saw Gilbert Blythe away at the back of the room, bending forward with a smile on his face—a smile which seemed to Anne at once triumphant and taunting.
p. 264.5taunting = mocking or causing upset
- Josie Pye, whom he had driven over, sat beside him, and her face certainly was both triumphant and taunting.
p. 264.7 *
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.