taunting

[ US /ˈtɔntɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /tˈɔːntɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
ADJECTIVE
  1. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
    taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'
    derisive laughter
    her mocking smile
    a jeering crowd
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How To Use taunting In A Sentence

  • She evaded his grasp and left without another word, sashaying her hips tauntingly.
  • He defiantly skirted the Italian coastline aboard his luxury yacht, taunting the authorities who had steadfastly refused to allow him to set foot in his native country for more than half a century.
  • He might surface, gasp for air and taunting by his pirate comrades and then be keelhauled back underwater.
  • taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'
  • She's a real tease, taunting him to steal a kiss or cop a feel.
  • And what better way to incite people than by a continuous stinging of their pride and resentment, by taunting or “twitting” them? sdg Says: Matthew Yglesias » Doing It With Twitter
  • A taunting, chill laughter toward which he was meant to react with hostility.
  • She had barely escaped disinheritance but that didn't stop her from confronting her father or taunting him about her lifestyle.
  • They then started taunting him and shouted at him before kicking the football into his face.
  • This point deserves attention, not for the sake of the miserable and ruinous advantage which is obtained by taunting an adversary in controversy with inconsistency till you drive him to improve his logical position by increasing the exactingness of his demands, but because the advocates of Home Rule (honestly enough, no doubt) confuse the matter under discussion by a strange kind of intellectual shuffle. England's Case Against Home Rule
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