Taunt

Definition: Taunt

Taunt

Noun

1. Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing.

Verb

1. Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie".

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Date "taunt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Taunt

Accusation

Verb: accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach.

Disapprobation

Scoff at, point at; twit, taunt; (disrespect); sneer at; (despise); satirize, lampoon; defame; (detract); depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious; Adjective: pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about.

Satire; sneer; (contempt); taunt; (disrespect); cavil, carping, censoriousness; hypercriticism; (fastidiousness).

Disrespect

Hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Ridicule

Verb: ridicule, deride, mock, taunt; laugh in one's sleeve; tease, badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze; tehee; fleer; show up.

Crosswords: Taunt

No, now go away before I taunt you a second time (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Don't taunt the fear demon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

A fat man, trying to squeeze through a narrow chimney, and I taunt him with Oreos and whole milk (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)

I'll Be The Freak You Can Taunt (Dirty Diana; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson)

Another familiar type of lovesong is the passionate or firy variety, usually in tango tempo, in which the singer exhorts his partner to haunt him and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume him with a kiss of fire (The Masochism Tango; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

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Books

• Henry Taunt of Oxford; a Victorian photographer (reference)

• The England of Henry Taunt (reference)

• The Thames of Henry Taunt (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Pennsylvania--Lieutenant Emory H. Taunt, United States consul to the Congo State / / photo. by Thomson, London. Michigan--building of the Ladies' Literary Club at Grand Rapids. The collapse of the Panama Canal--a view of the cut through the Culebra Mount. Credit: Library of Congress.

School dilemma--Youths in Charlotte, N.C. taunt Dorothy Geraldine Counts, 15, as she walks to enroll at the previously all-white Harding High School, September 4t. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Think you, my lord, this little prating York Was not incensed by his subtle mother To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously

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Expressions using "taunt": taunt smb. with ♦ taunt smb. with smth. ♦ taunt with. Additional references.

Afrikaans

beskimp (jeer, jeer at). (various references)

Albanian

thumb (clapper, cleat, dart, nipple, Pike, sneer, Spike, sting, stinger, tack, tongue of bell, wisecrack), tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, ridicule, satire, scoff, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, twit), tall (banter, deride, fleer, jeer, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff), përqeshje (derision, flout, mock, mockery, mop, scoff, sneering), përqesh (deride, mock, scoff at). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرتفع جدا (steep), ‏تهكم (deride, flippancy, gibe, irony, jeer, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, sarcasm, satire), ‏سخرية مهينة, ‏سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, gibe, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, laughter, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, rub, sarcasm, scoff, scorn, shy, snap, sneer, spoof, tee-hee, tehee, twit, wit), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, tee-hee, twit), ‏عال (advanced, loud, steep), ‏إستهزأ (persiflage, trifle with), ‏دفعه بالتوبيخ الساخر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

упреквам (animadvert, condemn, find fault, objurgate, reproach, twit, upbraid), обвинявам (accuse, arraign, charge, impeach, lay), нападка (hit), предмет на насмешка, предмет на подигравка (fool), присмех (derision, fling, hoot, jeer, laugh, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, scorn), подигравам се на (dig, joke, laugh at, make fun of, monkey, poke fun at). (various references)

Czech

vyèítat (begrudge, cast up, reproach, tax), utahovat si (jape), posmívat se (gibe, jeer, jibber, mock, ridicule), posmìch (derision, jeer, mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer), popichovat (tease), úsmìšek (sneer), úštìpek, špièka (dig, end, innuendo, nib, peak, rush, spearhead, tip, top). (various references)

Dutch

schimpen (jeer, jeer at), beschimpen (jeer, jeer at). (various references)

Esperanto

mokinsulti (jeer, jeer at). (various references)

Farsi 

سرزنش کردن (Berate, Blame, Calldown, Censure, Check, Chide, Haze, Rant, Reprehend, Reprimand, Reprove, Scold, Snub, Trounce, Twit, Upbraid, Wig), طعنه زدن (Jeer, Jest, Needle, Quip), طعنه (Irony, Jape, Jeer, Jest, Quip, Rail, Sarcasm, Satire, Scoff, Sikt), شماتت کردن , دست انداختن ومتلک گفتن . (various references)

Finnish

pilkkasana (gibe), piikki (barb, fling, prick, prickle, prong, spike, spine, sting, thorn, tooth), piikitellä, letkauttaa (make a sarcastic remark), ivasana (gibe). (various references)

French

très haut (tall), tourner en ridicule, sarcasme, raillerie, railler, persiller, haut (tall). (various references)

German

sticheln (embroider, gibe, make digs, make snide remarks, nettle, pick, sew, stab, sting, tease). (various references)

Greek 

υβρίζω (abuse, insult, inveigle, rail, revise, vilify, vituperate), χλευάζω (deride, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, mock, pish, rail, scoff, sneer), χλευασμόσ (derision, jeer), λοιδορία (abuse, jeer, scoff). (various references)

Hebrew 

לל�'ל�' (gibe, mock, poke fun, rally, rib, scoff, sneer), ל�"ת�'רות (be provoked, be taunted, challenge, pick a quarrel, tease), ל�'לו�' (derision, irony, jeer, laugh at, mock, mockery, ridicule, sneer), ל�'�"ף (abuse, blackguard, curse, defame, insult, revile, slang, vilify, vituperate), ש� י� �" (byword, mockery, satire), ק� טור (annoyance, irritation, provocation, teasing, vexation). (various references)

Hungarian

gúnyos megjegyzés (dig, fling, hit, sarcasm, sarcastic remark, sneer), gúnyolódás (flout, gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jibe, mock, raillery, rallying, sarcasm, scoff, scoffing), szokatlanul magas, magas (alto, eminent, exalted, high, high voice, lofty, piping, strapping, tall, taut, third programme, to ride the high horse), kötekedés tárgya, kötekedő megjegyzés (fling, scoff), gúnyos szemrehányás, gúny tárgya (derision, flouting-stock, mockery, scoff), gúny (irony, jest, mock, ridicule, sarcasm, scorn, taunting), barátságtalan csipkelődés. (various references)

Indonesian

menghina (contempt, debase, deride, derogatory, humiliate, insult, misprize, opprobrious), mencela (blame, carp, condemn, decry, denounce, disapprove, disapprove of, knock), cemuh (ridicule), cemoohan (belittling comments, insult). (various references)

Italian

scherno (derision, jeer, mockery, scoff, scorn, sneer), schernire (flout, gibe, jeer, jibe, mock at), rinfacciare (reproach), rimprovero (animadversion, correction, nagging, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, twit, upbraiding), insulto (abuse, abusive, affront, insult). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

嘲罵 (abuse, insult). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ちょうば (abuse, horse training or breaking, insult, long horse, reception). (various references)

Manx

grinderaght, flouteragh, flout (affront, aspersion, gibe, invective, rebuff, rebuttal, reproach, scorn, slander, snub, stigma, vituperation), ceau floutyn. (various references)

Pig Latin

aunttay.(various references)

Portuguese

sarcasmo (acidness, acridity, gibe, gird, irony, jibe, lash, sarcasm, satire, sneer), motejo (waggery), insulto (abuse, affront, contumely, indignity, injury, insult, lash, scurrility, vituperation), escárnio (derision, fleer, fling, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, scoff, sneer), chufa. (various references)

Romanian

zeflemisi (banter, chaff, deride, rail, ridicule, score, scorn, slight), zeflemea (banter, chaff, chaffing, gibe, jeer, jesting, quip, raillery, scorn), urzica (bite, nettle, sting, tease), reproşa (grudge, reproach), ironie (irony, severity), dojeni (blame, chide, correct, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, snub, trim, twit, upbraid, wig), dojanã (admonishment, lash, lecture, lesson, rebuke, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, row, scolding, set down, snub, twit), certa (abuse, altercate, berate, blame, brawl, censure, chide, rag, rebuke, reprehend, reprove, row, scold, squabble), batjocurã (farce, gibe, insult, jeer, jesting, mock, mockery, quiz, ridicule, scorn), batjocori (abuse, bemock, deride, disdain, flout, rape, satirize, scoff, scorn, shame, violate). (various references)

Russian 

насмехаться над/ насмешка, насмехаться (deride, frump, gird, guy, jeer, jibe, mock, sneer), насмешка (derision, dig, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jest, jibe, piss-take, quiz, scoff, scorn, twit). (various references)

Scottish

teabaid (a taunt, repartee), beum (a stroke, blow, cut, reproach; ring by striking, stroke). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zajedljiva primedba (stinger), poruga (derision, jest, mockery, opprobrium, ridicule, scoff), podsmeh (flout, jibe, ridicule, scoff, sneer, spectacle), oštro prekorevati, narugati se (make fun of). (various references)

Spanish

insultar (abuse, affront, insult, jeer, jeer at, offend, revile, slight), mofarse (jibe, sneer at), injuriar (abuse, insult, jeer, jeer at, offend, revile, slight, wrong). (various references)

Swedish

håna (deride, flout, gibe, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer), hån (contumely, derision, gibe, jeer, mockery, outrage, ridicule, scorn, sneer). (various references)

Thai

พู�"ส่อเสีย�", คำพู�"เสีย�"สี. (various references)

Turkish

yüze vurma, yüzüne vurmak (fling smth. in one's teeth, slap, twit), başına kakmak (fling smth. in one's teeth, reproach, taunt smb. with), başa kakma, alay etmek (deride, flout, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb.), alay (banter, cortege, derision, fleet, fun, gag, gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, leg pull, mock, mockery, parade, persiflage, procession, quiz, regiment, regimental, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, teasing, troops in line, wipe). (various references)

Ukrainian

уїдливість (acridity, acrimony, caustic, causticity, cavil, jibe, mordacity), гіркий докір, глузувати (banter, flout, jeer, jest, poke fun, quirk, scoff, sneer, twit), предмет глузувань, дражнити (badger, badinage, bait, banter, chaff, needle, pick on, quiz, rag, start on, tease, vex). (various references)

Vietnamese 

lời quở trách lời chế nhạo cái đích để chế giễu, lời mắng nhiếc (revilement, upbraiding). (various references)

Welsh

testunio (deride), edliw (reproach, upbraid), dannod (reproach, twit, upbraid). (various references)

conviciabantur, conviciatur, convicietur, inproperabant, inproperabit, inproperantium, inproperat, inproperavit, inproperes, inproperia, inproperii, inproperio, inproperium, maledicta, maledicti, maledictis, maledicto, maledictum, obprobria, obprobrii, obprobriis, obprobrio, obprobrium, velico. (various references)

tant pour tant, tanter, tenter. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "taunt": taunted, taunter, taunters, taunting, tauntingly, taunts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Taunt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atnt, raunt, taind, Tainsh, tainty, tanti, tanto, tantu, taon, tault, taun, tauno, taunti, taunty, tauny, taurt, tauta, teun, thunt, tient, tont, trunt, tsu, tuan, tunt, twant, waunt. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aunt, taut, tuna.

-2 letters: ant, att, nut, tan, tat, tau, tun, tut, uta.

-3 letters: an, at, na, nu, ta, un, ut.

+1 letter: attune, mutant, nutant, nutate, taunts, tauten, truant.

+2 letters: attuned, attunes, mutants, nutated, nutates, nutmeat, tantrum, taunted, taunter, tautens, tauting, tetanus, truants, unstate.

+3 letters: abutment, abutting, adjutant, anticult, antirust, antismut, aquatint, attuning, autunite, debutant, earthnut, equitant, exultant, gauntest, gauntlet, intubate, lutanist, mutating, mutation, naturist, nutating, nutation, nuthatch, nutmeats, outeaten, outpaint, outstand, outthank, outvaunt, pantsuit, patulent, petulant, punctate, quantity, rutilant, saturant, standout, stuntman, taciturn, tantalum, tantalus, tantrums, taunters, taunting, tautened, tautness, tautonym, titanium, titanous, trapunto, truanted, truantry, truncate, tunicate, turncoat, uintaite, unhatted, unmatted, unstated, unstates, untasted, untaught, urticant.