Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to taunt
Participle: taunted
Gerund: taunting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | taunt |
| you | taunt |
| he;she;it | taunts |
| we | taunt |
| you | taunt |
| they | taunt |
Perfect
| I | have taunted |
| you | have taunted |
| he;she;it | has taunted |
| we | have taunted |
| you | have taunted |
| they | have taunted |
Past
| I | taunted |
| you | taunted |
| he;she;it | taunted |
| we | taunted |
| you | taunted |
| they | taunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had taunted |
| you | had taunted |
| he;she;it | had taunted |
| we | had taunted |
| you | had taunted |
| they | had taunted |
Future
| I | will taunt |
| you | will taunt |
| he;she;it | will taunt |
| we | will taunt |
| you | will taunt |
| they | will taunt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have taunted |
| you | will have taunted |
| he;she;it | will have taunted |
| we | will have taunted |
| you | will have taunted |
| they | will have taunted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | taunt |
| you | taunt |
| he;she;it | taunt |
| we | taunt |
| you | taunt |
| they | taunt |
Perfect
| I | have taunted |
| you | have taunted |
| he;she;it | have taunted |
| we | have taunted |
| you | have taunted |
| they | have taunted |
Imperfect
| I | taunted |
| you | taunted |
| he;she;it | taunted |
| we | taunted |
| you | taunted |
| they | taunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had taunted |
| you | had taunted |
| he;she;it | had taunted |
| we | had taunted |
| you | had taunted |
| they | had taunted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would taunt |
| you | would taunt |
| he;she;it | would taunt |
| we | would taunt |
| you | would taunt |
| they | would taunt |
Perfect
| I | would have taunted |
| you | would have taunted |
| he;she;it | would have taunted |
| we | would have taunted |
| you | would have taunted |
| they | would have taunted |
Imperative
| you | taunt |
| we | Let's taunt |
| you | taunt |
Verbs conjugated like 'taunt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'taunt'
daunt,
haunt,
jaunt,
taint,
traunt,
vaunt,
adaunt,
ant,
avaunt,
blunt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
- deride
- ridicule
- insult, jeer, mock, censure, upbraid, provoke
Antonyms
- to pester or mock with the intent of agrivation or agitation
- pacify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1515, possibly from M.Fr.
tanter, tenter "to tempt, try, provoke," variant of
tempter "to try" (see tempt). Or from M.Fr.
tant pour tant "so much for so much, tit for tat," on notion of "sarcastic rejoinder." The noun is attested from 1529.
2. From Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt. See: Old French '
tempter'.
Sample Sentences
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John taunts his brother to reveal his hiding spot.