All 11 Uses
taunt
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Sweet Far Thing
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- Why must you taunt her so?†
Chpt 1taunt = (verb) to intentionally anger, challenge, or upset someone -- especially by mocking them or hurling insults OR (noun) an insult or other action intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
- There is more laughter, especially from Ann, who seems happy not to be the girl getting taunted for once.†
Chpt 1taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
- Felicity taunts from her perch beside me.†
Chpt 1taunts = (verb) intentionally angers, challenges, or upsets someone OR (noun) insults or other actions intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
- "Oh, yes, he shall," Felicity taunts in a singsong.†
Chpt 2
- Neela taunts.†
Chpt 2
- The whole ghastly night rises in me like a battered dog who'll take no more taunting.†
Chpt 2 *taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
- It doesn't help our cause to have you taunt him so.†
Chpt 2taunt = (verb) to intentionally anger, challenge, or upset someone -- especially by mocking them or hurling insults OR (noun) an insult or other action intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
- Our people have been taunted in the fields and beyond.†
Chpt 3taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
- "Ye can't best me," Bessie taunts.†
Chpt 3taunts = (verb) intentionally angers, challenges, or upsets someone OR (noun) insults or other actions intended to anger, challenge, or upset someone
- I've no doubt it follows the same story as all the others: A poor but decent girl is subjected to the cruel taunts of her school chums, only to be saved by a rich relative.†
Chpt 4
- Pippa puts her hands to her hips, a taunting pose.†
Chpt 4taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
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) More rarely, taunt can be used as a noun to refer to something said or done to mock, criticize, and/or tease.