taunting

Other forms of taunting

plural

tauntings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about taunting

What does taunting mean?

taunting means "aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in taunting?

taunting has 2 syllables: taun-ting. The stress falls on "taun". In IPA it is /ˈtɔntɪŋ/.

What is another word for taunting?

Close synonyms include twit, taunt, derisive, gibelike, jeering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taunting a common word?

taunting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.