Dictionary

taunt

Webster 1828

T'AUNT, verb transitive 1. To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid.When I had at my pleasure taunted her--2. To exprobrate; to censure.Rail thou in Fulvia's phrase, and taunt my faults.T'AUNT, noun Upbraiding words; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest