Sentence example with the word 'taunt'

taunt

accuse, bring to book, cutting remark, fasten on, hang something on, inform on, leg-pull, prefer charges, razz, slam, uncomplimentary remark

Definition n. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

Last update: September 8, 2016


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The journalist ignored the taunts of the public .   [adverb]

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The master taunts him in public.   [verb]

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(3) When we turn from this view of the Chaldaeans to the denunciation of their tyranny in "taunt-songs" (ii.   [verb]

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Hence the taunt to Bashan, the stronghold of the Seleucid government; hence the mention of Judah and Benjamin with the two Galilaean tribes Zebulon and Naphtali (as in Isaiah ix.   [noun]

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The deep guttural laugh of the savage sounded, at such a moment, to Duncan, like the hellish taunt of a demon.   [Please select]

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They would only taunt one another on such occasions, saying: "Never mind; I will repay you for all this."   [Please select]

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My opponent was strong, but I showed the girl--who had often taunted me for being a weakling because I obeyed my father in everything--that I need yield to no one.   [Please select]

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"Four it is," said a boy, stung by the taunt.   [Please select]

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The primitive man, unable to understand his being, much less the unity of all life, felt himself absolutely dependent on blind, hidden forces ever ready to mock and taunt him.   [Please select]

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Any other man would have winced at this taunt.   [Please select]

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And then the taunt of Messala in the garden of Herod--"All you conquer in the six days, you lose on the seventh."   [Please select]

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