Don't taunt him. He's liable to fight back eventually.
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Taunt
//tɔːnt//
Synonyms for "taunt" (188 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (94)
jab atjapejeerjeer atjeeringjestjibe atjokekidlampoonlaughlay chargesleg-pulllodge a complaintlodge a plaintloutmake boldmake fun ofmockmockery
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2 entriescapable of
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5 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κερτομέω verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Arabic
2 entries- اَتَّرْيَق verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- سَخِرَ verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kinayə noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подигравка noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- присмех noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- надсмивам се verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- подигравам се verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Catalan
1 entries- mofar-se de verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 奚落 noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- 奚落 verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Dutch
2 entries- schimpscheut noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- hekelen verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Esperanto
1 entries- defii verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Finnish
2 entries- pilkka noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- pilkata verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
French
2 entries- sarcasme noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- narguer verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Galician
3 entries- escarnio noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- ludibrio noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- mofa noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
German
4 entries- Spott noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- Stichelei noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- höhnische Bemerkung noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- spöttische Bemerkung noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Greek
4 entries- κοροϊδία noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- λοιδορία noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- σαρκασμός noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- χλευασμός noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Hebrew
1 entries- סָנַט verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Hungarian
3 entries- beszólás noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- gúnyolódás noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- kigúnyol verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Icelandic
4 entries- brigsl noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- hæðni noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- smán noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- brigsla verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Irish
2 entries- oirbhire noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- tarcaisne noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Italian
4 entries- dileggio noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- scherno noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- dileggiare verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- irridere verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Japanese
2 entries- 嘲笑 noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- 楯突く verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Khmer
2 entries- ការចំអក noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- ចំអក verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Korean
4 entries- 모욕 noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- 조롱 noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- 모욕하다 verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- 조롱하다 verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Macedonian
1 entries- по́тсмев noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Māori
4 entries- kaioraora noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- taunu noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- taunu verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- tāwai verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Norwegian
4 entries- forhånelse noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- hån noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- nid noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- håne verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لطیفه noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Polish
1 entries- drwina noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Portuguese
3 entries- zombaria noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- provocar verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- zombar verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Romanian
4 entries- batjocură noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- zeflemea noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- batjocori verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- zeflemisi verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Russian
2 entries- ко́лкость noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- насмеха́ться над verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Spanish
4 entries- cacha noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- cachita noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- mofa noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- pulla noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
Swedish
4 entries- gliring noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- glåpord noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- häckla verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- pika verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Tamil
1 entries- சீண்டு verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Thai
3 entries- ยั่ว verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- ยั่วยุ verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- ยุ verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Turkish
4 entries- alay noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- alay etmek verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- iğnelemek verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
- sataşmak verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lời chế giễu noun (a scornful or mocking remark)
- chế giễu verb (to make fun of (someone); to goad into responding)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The boy continued to taunt his younger brother.
Source: tatoeba (6534921)
They constantly taunt and deride others.
Source: tatoeba (12675802)
VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
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