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tauntingly
adverb
uk /ˈtɔːn.tɪŋ.li/ us /ˈtɑːn.t̬ɪŋ.li/
in a way that is intended to annoy or upset someone else by making unkind remarks, laughing unkindly at them, etc. :
The crowd cheered tauntingly at the footballer after he was given a red card and made to leave the pitch.
She smiled at him, tauntingly, and raised her wine glass.
The guards smiled tauntingly at the prisoners as they were led into the police van.
He tauntingly held the book high over his younger brother's head where the boy had no chance to reach it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
aggravate
aggrieve
alienate
anger
annoy
bend
give someone the shitsidiom
go too faridiom
goat
grate
hack someone off
nark
rile
rub
rub someone up the wrong wayidiom
ruffle
ruffle someone's feathersidiom
tit
tooth
troll
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