Taunted
[tɔ:ntid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Taunt
Checker: Sophia
Examples
- What injustice, Anselmo taunted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Alexander, blind with rage and jealousy, taunted and insulted his father. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How often has she taunted me with lack of dignified reserve and needful caution! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You have taunted me till my blood is up; you have worried me till I turn again. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He reviled them as Saxons and snobs at the very top pitch of his high Celtic voice; they taunted him with being the native of a conquered land. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I rather think some of you have called him a dotard; you have taunted him with his age and the loss of his physical vigour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Sophia