taunting

From taunt +‎ -ing.

• enPR: tônt′ĭng
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːnt.ɪŋ/
• (General American, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔnt.ɪŋ/

  (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑnt.ɪŋ/

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒnt.ɪŋ/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈtɑnt.ɪŋ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtoːnt.ɪŋ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtoːnt.əŋ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈʈɔnʈ.ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːntɪŋ
• Hyphenation: taunt‧ing

taunting

1. present participle and gerund of taunt

taunting (plural tauntings)

1. The act of one who taunts.

   Synonyms: taunt, twit

   • 1992, Rodney D. Olsen, Dancing in Chains: The Youth of William Dean Howells, page 8:

     Because he often "dwelt in a world of terrors," he was susceptible to the tricks and tauntings of his playmates, who took advantage of his fears.

taunting (comparative more taunting, superlative most taunting)

1. Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.^[1]

   Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking

• (noun) provocation, aggravation, irritation
• (adjective) disrespectful

• “taunting”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• attuning, nutating