taunted
past simple and past participle oftaunt
| 单词 | taunted |
| 释义 | taunted past simple and past participle oftaunt taunt verb[T] uk/tɔːnt/us/tɑːnt/tointentionallyannoyandupsetsomeone by makingunkindremarksto them,laughingunkindlyat them, etc.: The otherkidsused to taunt him in theplaygroundbecause he wasfatandworeglasses. Theyoungestin thegroupwas tauntedmercilessly. Synonym bait
Mocking and taunting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing feelings of anger and displeasure Examplesoftauntedtaunted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Unless completely at home with it, he/she sounds artificial and affected and usually ends up being ridiculed ortaunted. From theCambridge English Corpus When is an audiencetauntedor when made thoroughly unsettled in mind? From theCambridge English Corpus I deplore that he wastauntedwith it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have beentauntedwith restricting the output of coal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember that we weretauntedlong before we had been in office for four months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have beentauntedto-day with my action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to give a pledge that afterwards we might betauntedwith breaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are sometimestauntedwith having no sense of responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have beentauntedabout going back to a replacement price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We aretauntedwith having merely postponed war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have beentaunted, occasionally laughed at, for having changed direction in our policies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that is not an irrelevant fact when we aretauntedwith attempting to closure discussion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, the unions in the railways and outside are often accused of thwarting the modernisation of industry and aretauntedaccordingly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He belittled him, and eventauntedhim about freemasons and about his own acquaintance with senior police officers who were also freemasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hetauntedus also by saying that it was only within the last few days that we had discovered this particular point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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