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taunt

-1 n. இடித்துரை, பழித்துரை, (வினை) பழி, குற்றங்கூறு, குத்திப்பேசு, இடித்துரை, திட்டு, வெறுப்புடன் வசவுகூறு.-2 a. பாய்மர வகையில் உயர்ந்த, நெடிய.


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Taunt, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.) Defn: Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten. Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] Etym: [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See Tempt.] Defn: To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak. Syn. -- To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride. Taunt, n. Defn: Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior. Taunt, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. tant so great, F. tant so much, L. tantus of such size, so great, so much.] (Naut.) Defn: Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten. Taunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Taunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Taunting.] Etym: [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to tempt, to try, for tenter. See Tempt.] Defn: To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout. When I had at my pleasure taunted her. Shak. Syn. -- To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride. Taunt, n. Defn: Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.


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