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taunt 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/tônt/,
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taunts, plural;
  1. Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks
    • - students began taunting her about her weight
  2. Reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way
    • - she had taunted him with going to another man
Noun
  1. A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone


  1. twit: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
  2. tease: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
  3. (taunting) derisive: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
  4. A taunt is a battle cry, a method in hand-to-hand combat, sarcastic remark, or insult intended to demoralize the recipient, or to anger them and encourage reactionary behaviors without thinking. ...
  5. A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery; to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner
  6. (taunted) teased in a way to encourage a response
  7. (Taunting) Kender have a knack for reading peoples character. This allows them to be able to get under an individuals skin very quickly. An angry kender will harass an enemy with a cutting tongue that usually causes the offender to loose control and rush the kender. ...
  8. (Taunts) Crouching In Corner/Standing on Top Turnbuckle motioning for his opponent to get to their feet before hitting a finishing move. ...
  9. (taunts) to tease, make fun of
  10. A skill possessed by some of the melee classes that is used to attract the attention of an attacker usually away from the vulnerable spellcaster that angered it!
  11. This skill forces all nearby enemies to attack the mountain giant. Since they are invulnerable to heavy attacks and have good resistance to magic, the mountain giants can help weaker units by taking the brunt of the enemies' damaging attacks. ...
  12. The ability to draw enemies' attention, usually away from characters that have low hit points, onto yourself. This action is also called drawing Aggro.
  13. An action that typically has no associated attack and causes no damage, but often has a beneficial secondary effect or sometimes no effect at all other than a visual effect intended to goad an opponent into acting or to gloat over a victory. ...
  14. In both EQ and WoW — This is both the name of an ability, but in EQ it was more typically used to refer to any activity, increasing threat, where that usage is rarer in WoW
  15. Tall, high, towering. (See "A-taunto.")
  16. Taunt refers to a skill that forces a Mob to attack the player. It is used by tanking Warriors (Taunt), Paladins (Righteous Defense), and Druids (Growl) to pull Aggro from another player and onto themselves. See also Aggro, Threat.
  17. A verbal distraction.