Word Study
taunting
CIDE DICTIONARY
taunting, a. & n.
"Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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, twittingFor further exploring for "taunting" in Webster Dictionary Online