taunt
tawnt
- n aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- v harass with persistent criticism or carping
- But it's also because her intelligence as an actress is essentially critical; it gives an erotic taunt and charge to any encounter.
- But her signature is her gleeful willingness to taunt liberals and Democrats, to say out loud what some other conservatives dare only thinkthat Bill Clinton is a "horny hick .
- The taunt of one who has forgotten the English Public School Boy's principle of good sportsmanship.