Synonyms of taunt

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noun

as in jeer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jeer
• sneer
• jibe
• insult
• mock
• diss
• gibe
• quip
• affront
• offence
• slap
• barb
• dart
• slur
• sarcasm
• catcall
• indignity
• outrage
• slight
• abuse
• epithet
• invective
• poke
• vituperation
• disapproval
• dis
• brickbat
• dig
• name
• gird
• put-down
• offense
• attack
• criticism
• personality
• cut
• dishonor
• shame
• opprobrium
• swipe
• disgrace
• knock
• torment
• torture
• slam

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compliment
• praise
• commendation
• applause
• acclaim
• flattery
• accolade
• adulation

taunt

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verb (1)

as in to tease

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

• tease
• mock
• annoy
• ridicule
• bother
• heckle
• bait
• ride
• irritate
• pick on
• torture
• needle
• plague
• jeer
• hassle
• haze
• try
• deride
• make game of
• harass
• bully
• trouble
• jibe
• spite
• gibe
• goad
• irk
• torment
• vex
• rile
• pester
• disturb
• aggravate
• test
• exasperate
• nag
• burn (up)
• persecute
• bug
• peeve
• frost
• gripe
• itch
• ruffle
• badger
• gnaw (at)
• grate
• discomfort
• chafe
• agitate
• fret
• pique
• perturb
• hack (off)
• bedevil
• terrorize
• gall
• aggrieve
• put out
• dog
• hound
• browbeat
• get
• rasp
• nark
• nettle
• beleaguer
• hector
• harry
• hagride

taunting

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adjective

as in mocking

Synonyms & Similar 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

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verb (2)

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