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taunting

[tawn-ting, tahn-] / ˈtɔn tɪŋ, ˈtɑn- /


ADJECTIVE
jeering
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Example Sentences

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From my perspective as a political philosopher, these and other similar claims indicate he is speaking falsely as a way of demeaning or taunting his detractors.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Crew chief Marc Davis said in a pool report that both players were “assessed technical fouls for their continual taunting of one another.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

And that unopened brick of air-dry clay that’s taunting you?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

The taunting slogan of a 1990 Sega advertising campaign was “Genesis Does What Nintendon’t.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

In hindsight, it was as foolish as taunting an angry bull.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss