[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 

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

taunting \taunt"ing\,
   a.  n. from taunt, v.
   1913 webster

         every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
                                                  --burke.
   1913 webster
see also:
taunt 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

taunting
     adj : abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive
           laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile";
           "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" syn: derisive,
            gibelike, jeering, mocking
     n : aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing syn: twit,
          taunt
see also:
derisive gibelike jeering mocking twit taunt 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 moby thesaurus words for "taunting":
   banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision,
   derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling,
   grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering,
   levity, mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing,
   raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting,
   scoffing, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass,
   smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting,
   teasing, twitting

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