All 9 Uses

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Black Boy
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You didn't stand by that kitten, so why should I stand by you?" she asked tauntingly from the menacing darkness.†
Chpt 1.1

tauntingly = in a manner that intentionally angers, challenges, or upsets someone
I stood panting, egging them on, taunting them to come on and fight.†
Chpt 1.1 *

taunting = intentionally angering, challenging, or upsetting
When some neighbor would chase me away from the door, I would follow the drunks about the streets, trying to understand their mysterious mumblings, pointing at them, teasing them, laughing at them, imitating them, jeering, mocking, and taunting them about their lurching antics.†
Chpt 1.1
Why didn't you ask Granny that?" my mother evaded me again in a taunting voice.†
Chpt 1.2
You ain't gonna take what that new boy said, is you?" someone taunted the boy.†
Chpt 1.3

taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
I did not feel that I had been really challenged so far; no particular boy had stood his ground and taunted me.†
Chpt 1.5
No, you won't," she said tauntingly.†
Chpt 1.5

tauntingly = in a manner that intentionally angers, challenges, or upsets someone
I taunted her.†
Chpt 2.16

taunted = intentionally angered, challenged, or upset
Cooke taunted.†
Chpt 2.17

Definitions:

(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.