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taunt
noun as in provocation; teasing
Example Sentences
After their break-up, he appeared to taunt her by posting a private photo online.
The Post’s pressmen went on strike, destroying the paper’s printing presses and staging a massive picket line in which one sign taunted her with her husband’s suicide: “Phil shot the wrong Graham.”
Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, calls herself a "big fan" of the man who was recorded taunting an alleged victim with, "The more you didn’t like it, the more I enjoyed it."
An already-tense relationship appeared to worsen further last week with Mr Altman taunting Mr Musk's offer on X, and Mr Musk retorting by calling his onetime partner a "swindler".
She smiles as she describes how the people who used to taunt her organised a procession for her, cheering and waving flags.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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