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Definition
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
or (as a noun): an insult or other action intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
- This was a taunt that always aroused the Vicar.7-8 — Chapters 7-8 (54% in)
- He had long known that when his fellows were angry with him they never failed to taunt him with his deformity.97-98 — Chapters 97-98 (9% in)
- She taunts me with the notorious fact that Joseph, a son of Levi who sells jewels in Holborn, has made her an offer of marriage.101-102 — Chapters 101-102 (20% in)
There are no more uses of "taunt" in Of Human Bondage.
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