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

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  1. a. Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
  2. v. t. To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
  3. n. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
  4. n. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
  5. v. harass with persistent criticism or carping
  6. Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten. 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. Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective. With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts. Shak. With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest. Prior.
  7. Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.
  8. n:26/v:74 n aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing v harass with persistent criticism or carping