Taunt

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See Deride.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.