Thesaurus results for TAUNTED

taunted

verb

past tense of taunt

as in teased

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship

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Recent Examples of taunted The woman alleged that Jackson repeatedly refused to delete the video and then taunted her with it. —

Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 When Metcalf and others asked him to leave, Anthony taunted and provoked Metcalf, took out a knife and stabbed him, prosecutor Bill Wirskye said, according to KTVT. —

Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 The neighbor, who lived across the hall from Valentine, said the suspect routinely taunted her from inside her apartment, uttering her insults through the microphone of a doorbell camera. —

Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026 During Sunday afternoon’s series-ending Game 4 — which the Knicks won, 144-114 — the New York fans booed Joel Embiid loudly and taunted him with posters showing Mitchell Robinson dunking on him two days earlier. —

Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2026 The window next to my desk overlooks the gym’s large communal exercise room, and throughout the day, I am taunted by the sight of gyrating bodies panting through a Zumba class or a kettlebell set. —

Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 Edwards taunted Nuggets fans at the end of Minnesota’s Game 7 win in 2024, getting on Jokic’s nerves in the process. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026 The former South Carolina guard was drafted by the Indiana Fever on Monday, April 13, meaning Johnson and Clark will now be teammates, three years after the former Iowa star taunted Johnson by refusing to defend her in the national semifinal game. —

Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Iza later taunted the victim by sending him a photograph of the arrest and booking photo. —

City News Service, Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026

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As the episode teased, 12 new boys are set to make their Love Island USA debut on Monday, June 22, continuing the high-stakes week full of fresh connections, messy romances and shocking twists.

— Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
This was first teased during an animation segment at CinemaCon, then apparently teased again at Annecy today in the Warner reel.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 22 June 2026