[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

taunt \taunt\, v. t. imp.  p. p. taunted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   taunting. earlier, to tease; probably fr. of. tanter to
   tempt, to try, for tenter. see tempt.
   to reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to
   upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
   1913 webster

         when i had at my pleasure taunted her.   --shak.
   1913 webster

   syn: to deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. see
        deride.
        1913 webster
see also:
taunted taunting tempt deride 

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