Synonyms of taunting

taunting 1 of 2

adjective

as in mocking

Related Words

• mocking
• derisive
• baiting
• ridiculing
• heckling
• jeering
• needling
• deriding
• hassling
• derisory
• sarcastic
• contemptuous
• joking
• scornful
• razzing
• bandying
• bantering
• rallying
• quipping
• kidding
• quizzical
• disdainful
• jesting
• fooling
• ribbing
• joshing
• funning
• chaffing

taunting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of taunt

as in teasing

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teasing
• mocking
• bothering
• ridiculing
• heckling
• baiting
• riding
• annoying
• hassling
• torturing
• hazing
• needling
• jeering
• irritating
• picking on
• plaguing
• making game of
• deriding
• troubling
• goading
• bullying
• pestering
• trying
• harassing
• tormenting
• nagging
• spiting
• gibing
• bugging
• badgering
• testing
• disturbing
• aggravating
• griping
• irking
• itching
• riling
• nettling
• exasperating
• grating
• vexing
• ruffling
• burning (up)
• hounding
• chafing
• rasping
• fretting
• agitating
• discomforting
• dogging
• perturbing
• persecuting
• browbeating
• frosting
• terrorizing
• gnawing (at)
• piquing
• narking
• galling
• bedeviling
• hectoring
• hacking (off)
• getting
• beleaguering
• peeving
• putting out
• harrying
• hagriding
• aggrieving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of taunting

Verb

After jawing with Oregon players, the junior linebacker was seen taunting the Oregon sideline and celebrating on his way back to USC’s side of the field. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Afroman went on to publish songs and music videos taunting the deputies, including one called Lemon Pound Cake that mocked the portly deputy for his apparent interest in the cake. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

At Texas Tech, an undergraduate was arrested after taunting a Kirk mourner. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Williams was also fined $11,941 for taunting Giants safety Tyler Nubin following a fourth-quarter touchdown. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

And nipped any indication that Williams was taunting the 45-year-old coach in the bud. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026

The big house sat clear, taunting their one‑room shack with its size, her children somewhere swallowed in the expansiveness of the land. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Cunningham’s highlights are hard fouls, a few 3-pointers, taunting, serving as a ring girl at a UFC fight, her sense of humor, and now commentary that has a Fox flair. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026

His gruff mechanic Cooter Davenport is introduced as a hell-raising, uncouth wild man, constantly taunting the authorities and flouting convention. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026