TAUNTINGS

Noun

tauntings

plural of taunting

Anagrams

• unstating, untasting

Source: Wiktionary


TAUNTING

Taunt"ing, a. & n.

Definition: from Taunt, v. Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. Burke.

TAUNT

Taunt, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.)

Definition: Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.

Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] Etym: [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See Tempt.]

Definition: To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak.

Syn.

– To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride.

Taunt, n.

Definition: Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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